Homeland Protection
Dr. Israel Soibelman - Biography
Dr. Israel Soibelman is Assistant Head of the Homeland Protection and Tactical Systems Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. In this role, he shares responsibility for research, development, evaluation, and technology transfer for systems supporting homeland security and defense. These efforts include Red Team analysis, border surveillance architectures and technology, homeland air defense, critical infrastructure protection, and others.
Dr. Soibelman joined the Laboratory in 1989, and his early research focused on infrared data analysis, phenomenology, and algorithms for missile defense systems. In 1992, he joined the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) Phase One Engineering Team (POET) office in Washington, DC. In this role, he participated in system studies supporting the BMDO leadership. These efforts included a Boost Phase Intercept Systems study and kill assessment technology study. In 1994, Dr. Soibelman took an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Technology Transfer Office. In this assignment, he helped the Energy Department develop cooperative research and development agreements with industry to transfer technology developed at DOE labs. Upon returning to Lincoln Laboratory in 1995, he assumed the project leadership role on air and missile defense programs focusing on seeker and interceptor technology. In 1998, the Seeker and Interceptor Technology Group was established at Lincoln Laboratory and Dr. Soibelman assumed leadership of this group in 2002.
Dr. Soibelman holds an SB in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a PhD in applied mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.
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