Edl Schamiloglu (born 1959) is an American physicist, electrical engineer, pulsed power expert, inventor, and distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He has been known in public media for his expertise in the design and operation of directed-energy weapons. He is also known for his assessment on the possible origins of alleged health damages presumably caused on U.S. embassy personnel in Cuba in 2016 as part of the Havana syndrome incident. He is the Associate Dean for research and innovation at the UNM School of Engineering, where he has been a faculty since 1988, and where he is also Special Assistant to the Provost for Laboratory Relations. He is also the founding director of the recently launched UNM Directed Ene