Theodore Postol
| Theodore A. Postol | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1946 (age 70) Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physicist and Science and technology studies |
| Institutions |
MIT Stanford Argonne National Laboratory Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Known for | Criticism of U.S. missile defense effectiveness |
Theodore A. Postol (born 1946) is a professor of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a prominent critic of U.S. government statements about missile defense. He has also criticized the US narrative of the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack in Syria. Working in collaboration with Maram Susli (known online as 'Syrian Girl') and Richard Lloyd, he has argued that the Ghouta chemical attack does not seem to have been launched by the Syrian government
He received his undergraduate degree in physics and his PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT. Postol worked at Argonne National Laboratory, where he studied the microscopic dynamics and structure of liquids and disordered solids using neutron, X-ray and light scattering techniques, along with molecular dynamics simulations . He also worked at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, where he studied methods of basing the MX missile, and later worked as a scientific adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations.
After leaving the Pentagon, Postol helped build a program at Stanford University to train mid-career scientists to study weapons technology in relation to defense and arms control policy. In 1990, Postol received the Leo Szilard Prize from the American Physical Society. In 1995, he received the Hilliard Roderick Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and in 2001, he received the Norbert Wiener Award from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility for "uncovering numerous and important false claims about missile defenses." On September 28, 2016 the Federation of American Scientists awarded Professor Theodore Postol from MIT their annual Richard L. Garwin Award for his work in assessing and critiquing the government's claims about missile defense.
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