Prof. Igal Bilik received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, in 1997, 2003, and 2006, respectively. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC. Between 2008 and 2011, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Between 2011 and 2019, he served as a Staff Researcher at the GM Advanced Technical Center in Israel, leading the development of automotive radar technology. Between 2019 and 2020, he led the Smart Sensing and Vision Group at GM R&D, where he was responsible for developing state-of-the-art automotive radar, lidar, and computer vision technologies. Since 2020, Prof. Bilik has been an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Since 2020, he has been a member of the IEEE AESS Radar Systems Panel Committee and a chair of the Civilian Radar Committee. Prof. Bilik is an Acting Officer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Chapter in Israel and chairs the Autonomous and Connected Transportation Committee at the Israeli Center for Smart Mobility Research. He has served as an Associate Editor (AE) and Senior Editor (SE) for the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems since 2020. He is currently the Associate Editor-in-Chief (AEiC) for these transactions. He has been an AE of the IEEE Sensors and IEEE TRS since 2022 and a Member of the Transactions on Radar Systems Editorial Committee. Prof. Bilik has more than 240 patent inventions, authored more than 100 peer-reviewed academic publications, received the Best Student Paper Awards at IEEE RADAR 2005 and IEEE RADAR 2006 Conferences, the Student Paper Award in the 2006 IEEE 24th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, the GM Product Excellence Recognition in 2017, and the IEEE AESS Industrial Innovation Award 2024. Prof. Bilik is a Distinguished Lecturer of AESS for 2025-2026 and an IEEE Fellow 2026.