diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.html
index b86d0f7db0..d79dc690d6 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 <link rel="import" href="../../core/gr-navigation/gr-navigation.html">
 <link rel="import" href="../../shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.html">
 <link rel="import" href="../gr-change-list/gr-change-list.html">
+<link rel="import" href="../gr-user-header/gr-user-header.html">
 <link rel="import" href="../../../styles/shared-styles.html">
 
 <dom-module id="gr-change-list-view">
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ limitations under the License.
       nav a:first-of-type {
         margin-right: .5em;
       }
+      .hide {
+        display: none;
+      }
       @media only screen and (max-width: 50em) {
         .loading,
         .error {
@@ -55,6 +59,9 @@ limitations under the License.
     </style>
     <div class="loading" hidden$="[[!_loading]]" hidden>Loading...</div>
     <div hidden$="[[_loading]]" hidden>
+      <gr-user-header
+          user-id="[[_userId]]"
+          class$="[[_computeUserHeaderClass(_userId)]]"></gr-user-header>
       <gr-change-list
           changes="{{_changes}}"
           selected-index="{{viewState.selectedChangeIndex}}"
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.js
index 30fc679b3e..cc35ff8986 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     CHANGE_NUM: /^\s*[1-9][0-9]*\s*$/g,
   };
 
+  const USER_QUERY_PATTERN = /^owner:\s?("[^"]+"|[^ ]+)$/;
+
   const LIMIT_OPERATOR_PATTERN = /\blimit:(\d+)/i;
 
   Polymer({
@@ -84,7 +86,10 @@
       /**
        * Change objects loaded from the server.
        */
-      _changes: Array,
+      _changes: {
+        type: Array,
+        observer: '_changesChanged',
+      },
 
       /**
        * For showing a "loading..." string during ajax requests.
@@ -93,6 +98,12 @@
         type: Boolean,
         value: true,
       },
+
+      /** @type {?String} */
+      _userId: {
+        type: String,
+        value: null,
+      },
     },
 
     listeners: {
@@ -188,5 +199,18 @@
       page.show(this._computeNavLink(
           this._query, this._offset, -1, this._changesPerPage));
     },
+
+    _changesChanged(changes) {
+      if (!changes || !changes.length ||
+          !USER_QUERY_PATTERN.test(this._query)) {
+        this._userId = null;
+        return;
+      }
+      this._userId = changes[0].owner.email;
+    },
+
+    _computeUserHeaderClass(userId) {
+      return userId ? '' : 'hide';
+    },
   });
 })();
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view_test.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view_test.html
index d70f0c97f2..5a2856528c 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view_test.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view_test.html
@@ -167,6 +167,21 @@ limitations under the License.
       assert.isTrue(showStub.called);
     });
 
+    test('_userId query', done => {
+      assert.isNull(element._userId);
+      element._query = 'owner: foo@bar';
+      element._changes = [{owner: {email: 'foo@bar'}}];
+      flush(() => {
+        assert.equal(element._userId, 'foo@bar');
+
+        element._query = 'foo bar baz';
+        element._changes = [{owner: {email: 'foo@bar'}}];
+        assert.isNull(element._userId);
+
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
     suite('query based navigation', () => {
       test('Searching for a change ID redirects to change', done => {
         sandbox.stub(element, '_getChanges')
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a7ca336ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header.html
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<link rel="import" href="../../../bower_components/polymer/polymer.html">
+<link rel="import" href="../../shared/gr-avatar/gr-avatar.html">
+<link rel="import" href="../../shared/gr-date-formatter/gr-date-formatter.html">
+<link rel="import" href="../../shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.html">
+<link rel="import" href="../../../styles/shared-styles.html">
+
+<dom-module id="gr-user-header">
+  <template>
+    <style include="shared-styles">
+      :host {
+        display: block;
+        height: 9em;
+        position: relative;
+        width: 100%;
+      }
+      gr-avatar {
+        height: 7em;
+        left: 1em;
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 1em;
+        width: 7em;
+      }
+      .info {
+        left: 9em;
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 1em;
+      }
+      .info > div > span {
+        display: inline-block;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        text-align: right;
+        width: 6em;
+      }
+      .name {
+        margin-bottom: .25em;
+      }
+      .name hr {
+        width: 100%;
+      }
+      .status.hide,
+      .name.hide {
+        display: none;
+      }
+    </style>
+    <gr-avatar
+        account="[[_accountDetails]]"
+        image-size="100"
+        aria-label="Account avatar"></gr-avatar>
+    <div class="info">
+      <h1 class$="name">
+        [[_computeDetail(_accountDetails, 'name')]]
+        <hr/>
+      </h1>
+      <div class$="status [[_computeStatusClass(_accountDetails)]]">
+        <span>Status:</span> [[_status]]
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <span>Email:</span>
+        <a href="mailto:[[_computeDetail(_accountDetails, 'email')]]"><!--
+          -->[[_computeDetail(_accountDetails, 'email')]]</a>
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <span>Joined:</span>
+        <gr-date-formatter
+            date-str="[[_computeDetail(_accountDetails, 'registered_on')]]">
+        </gr-date-formatter>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <gr-rest-api-interface id="restAPI"></gr-rest-api-interface>
+  </template>
+  <script src="gr-user-header.js"></script>
+</dom-module>
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd3512ae53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+(function() {
+  'use strict';
+
+  Polymer({
+    is: 'gr-user-header',
+    properties: {
+      /** @type {?String} */
+      userId: {
+        type: String,
+        observer: '_accountChanged',
+      },
+
+      /**
+       * @type {?{name: ?, email: ?, registered_on: ?}}
+       */
+      _accountDetails: {
+        type: Object,
+        value: null,
+      },
+
+      /** @type {?String} */
+      _status: {
+        type: String,
+        value: null,
+      },
+    },
+
+    _accountChanged(userId) {
+      if (!userId) {
+        this._accountDetails = null;
+        this._status = null;
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.$.restAPI.getAccountDetails(userId).then(details => {
+        this._accountDetails = details;
+      });
+      this.$.restAPI.getAccountStatus(userId).then(status => {
+        this._status = status;
+      });
+    },
+
+    _computeDisplayClass(status) {
+      return status ? ' ' : 'hide';
+    },
+
+    _computeDetail(accountDetails, name) {
+      return accountDetails ? accountDetails[name] : '';
+    },
+
+    _computeStatusClass(accountDetails) {
+      return this._computeDetail(accountDetails, 'status') ? '' : 'hide';
+    },
+  });
+})();
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header_test.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header_test.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab3b249589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header_test.html
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<!--
+Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes">
+<title>gr-user-header</title>
+
+<script src="../../../bower_components/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.min.js"></script>
+<script src="../../../bower_components/web-component-tester/browser.js"></script>
+<link rel="import" href="../../../test/common-test-setup.html"/>
+<link rel="import" href="gr-user-header.html">
+
+<script>void(0);</script>
+
+<test-fixture id="basic">
+  <template>
+    <gr-user-header></gr-user-header>
+  </template>
+</test-fixture>
+
+<script>
+  suite('gr-user-header tests', () => {
+    let element;
+    let sandbox;
+
+    setup(() => {
+      sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
+      element = fixture('basic');
+    });
+
+    teardown(() => { sandbox.restore(); });
+
+    test('loads and clears account info', done => {
+      sandbox.stub(element.$.restAPI, 'getAccountDetails')
+          .returns(Promise.resolve({
+            name: 'foo',
+            email: 'bar',
+            registered_on: '2015-03-12 18:32:08.000000000',
+          }));
+      sandbox.stub(element.$.restAPI, 'getAccountStatus')
+          .returns(Promise.resolve('baz'));
+
+      element.userId = 'foo.bar@baz';
+      flush(() => {
+        assert.isOk(element._accountDetails);
+        assert.isOk(element._status);
+
+        element.userId = null;
+        flush(() => {
+          flushAsynchronousOperations();
+          assert.isNull(element._accountDetails);
+          assert.isNull(element._status);
+
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+</script>
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.js
index 4e0f3b7235..5153fb0575 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-rest-api-interface/gr-rest-api-interface.js
@@ -486,6 +486,14 @@
       });
     },
 
+    /**
+     * @param {string} userId the ID of the user usch as an email address.
+     * @return {!Promise<!Object>}
+     */
+    getAccountDetails(userId) {
+      return this.fetchJSON(`/accounts/${encodeURIComponent(userId)}/detail`);
+    },
+
     getAccountEmails() {
       return this._fetchSharedCacheURL('/accounts/self/emails');
     },
@@ -579,6 +587,10 @@
           });
     },
 
+    getAccountStatus(userId) {
+      return this.fetchJSON(`/accounts/${encodeURIComponent(userId)}/status`);
+    },
+
     getAccountGroups() {
       return this._fetchSharedCacheURL('/accounts/self/groups');
     },
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/test/index.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/test/index.html
index 7c8b6ffd71..2e8f1424f0 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/test/index.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/test/index.html
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     'change-list/gr-change-list-item/gr-change-list-item_test.html',
     'change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view_test.html',
     'change-list/gr-change-list/gr-change-list_test.html',
+    'change-list/gr-user-header/gr-user-header_test.html',
     'change/gr-account-entry/gr-account-entry_test.html',
     'change/gr-account-list/gr-account-list_test.html',
     'change/gr-change-actions/gr-change-actions_test.html',