Past TEDx event
TEDxYouth@AssiutSTEM
Memories of the future
Speakers
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Farouk el-Baz
Egyptian American space scientist and geologist
Farouk El-Baz, Egyptian-American scientist, is a graduate of Ain Shams University, which has made significant contributions to planning for the moon exploration. He was born in a simple family in Zagazig city. He received his bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Science (Chemistry-Geology) in 1958, Ain Shams University, Egypt. He received his Master's Degree in Geology in 1961 from the Institute of Mineralogy, Missouri, and was a member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Society. He received his doctorate in 1964 and specialized in economic geology. Dr. Farouk El-Baz has 12 books including Apollo on the Moon, Desert and Dry Lands, Gulf War and Environment, Atlas of satellite images of Kuwait, and participates in the advisory board of several international scientific journals.
