Fadel Adib

Fadel Adib
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut (BE, 2011); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM, 2013; PhD, 2016)
Known forWireless sensing (Wi‑Vi, WiTrack), Ocean IoT, battery‑free underwater imaging
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science; Electrical engineering
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisWireless systems that extend our senses (2017)
Websitewww.mit.edu/~fadel/

Fadel Adib is a Lebanese–American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur. He is an associate professor at the MIT Media Lab and in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, where he founded and directs the Signal Kinetics research group. His work focuses on wireless sensing, networking, human–computer interaction, and the "Ocean Internet of Things," including systems that enable seeing and sensing through walls and battery‑free underwater imaging. He is also the founder and CEO of Cartesian Systems, a startup focused on large‑scale wireless mapping and sensing.