The International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI) held a symposium in his honor in 2009, in recognition of his work on fundamental properties and behavior of materials, solid state ionic probing techniques, catalytic behavior at gas–solid interfaces, and the development of electrodes for Lithium Ion batteries.

[2] Robert Huggins earned his BA in Physics from Amherst College, and went on to obtain an MS and Sc.D.

[3] Huggins also served as Director of Materials Sciences at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in Washington, D.C. from 1968–1970.

[3] Huggins is the author, co-author or editor of over 400 publications including Advanced Batteries (2009) and Energy Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications (2010, 1st; 2016, 2nd ed.

[3] While at Stanford, Huggins attempted to recreate the controversial work of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann on the eventually discredited theory of cold fusion.