Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Curriculum Vitae

Advisory Committee Memberships

With members of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

Government Agencies:

• Steering Committee for Earth Science
  Smithsonian Institution
• Non-Renewable Resources Review Panel
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Arid and Semi-Arid Research Needs
  National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Advisory Committee on Extraterrestrial Features
  U.S. Board of Geographic Names
• Surface Processes and Properties Group
  Lunar Science Review Panel, NASA
• Steering/Planning Group - U.S. Desertification Monitoring Program
  Bureau of the Oceans and International Environmental and Social Affairs
  U.S. State Department
• Technical Advisor (1992-1995)
  President's Environment and Conservation Challenge Award
  Executive Office of the President of the United States of America
  Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, D.C.
• Member, U.S. National Committee for the Geological Sciences
  National Research Center; National Academies
  Washington, D.C.
• Member, Board of Governors
  American Research Center in Egypt, Inc.
• State Mapping Advisory Committee for Massachusetts
  National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
  National Geologic Mapping Act

Professional Societies:

• Task Group for Lunar Nomenclature
  International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• Geological Archaeology Division
  Geological Society of America (GSA)
• Executive Committee
  International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
• Committee on Astrogeology
  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
• Faculty Advisor (1991-present)
  Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
  Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Vice President, International (1992-present)
  Second Century Fund Committee
  Geological Society of America Foundation, Boulder, Colorado
• Member of the International Advisory Board (1993-present)
  World Aviation Education & Safety Congress, New Delhi, India
• Committee for Honorary Members (1994-present)
  Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado
• Regional Validation Advisor, International Geographical and Biological Program
  Land Cover Project
  University of Santa Barbara, California
• Member and Institute Member
  Geological Applications of Remote Sensing (GARS) Program
  UNESCO/International Union of Geological sciences (IUGS), Paris, France
• Member, executive Advisory Board
  Center for Environmental Sciences
  Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
• Member, International Advisory Board
  Journal of the Association of Arab
  Universities for Basic and Applied Research
  University of Bahrain
  Manama, Bahrain

Other Organizations:

• Advisory Board, Program on Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization
  The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
• Advisory Committee
  The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, California
• Senior Advisor, Division of Environmental and Earth Sciences
  Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
• Advisory Council
  Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait
• Evaluation Panel, Research Evaluation Unit (1988-present)
  Commission of the European Community, Brussels, Belgium
• Advisory Board, Great Man-Made River Project (1988-2004)
  UNESCO, Paris, France
• Science Advisory Board (1988-present)
  Explorers Club, New York
• Award Committee (1990-present)
  Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait
• Steering Committee (1990-present)
  International Centre for Earth Sciences and Environment, Treiste, Italy
• Member, Board of Advisors (1991-present)
  The Coolidge Center for Environmental Leadership, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Member of the Council (1991-present)
  World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Prizes and Awards Committee (1992-present)
  Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
• Member of the Advisory Council (1992-present)
  International Institute of Boston
• Member of the International Advisory Council
  Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zinjan, Iran
• Member of the General Advisory Board (1996)
  Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Water, Energy, Environment, Food, and Agriculture
  NASA Center for Autonomous Central Engineering
  University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Expert, Global Terrestrial Observation System
  United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  Rome, Italy
• Advisor, Mars Drill Committee (1997-present)
  Ministry of State for Scientific Research
  Cairo, Egypt
• Member, Council for Space Sciences and Technology
  Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
  Ministry of Scientific Research
  Cairo, Egypt
• Committee of Applications, Earth Sciences and Climate Change (1998-present)
  Council for Space Sciences and Technology
  Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
  Cairo, Egypt
• Member, Advisory Board
  Arab Science and Technology Foundation
  University of Sharjah
  Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• Co-Chair; Sheering Committee Member; and Keynote Speaker
  Second International Conference on Earth Observation
  And Environmental Information
  11-14 November 2000, Cairo, Egypt
• Member, Expert Panel
  The World Monuments Fund, New York, N.Y.
• Member, Charles Stark Draper Prize Award (2003-2004)
  National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C.
• Committee on Human Rights
  National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine
  National Academies, Washington, D.C.
• Member, Geological Applications of Remote Sensing
  International Union of Geological Sciences
  UNESCO, Paris, France
• Member, External Advisory Committee
  NOAA South Texas Remote Sensing Cooperative Science Center
  Texas A&M University
  Corpus Christi, Texas
• Member, Desert Research Institute Foundation
  Nevada Board of Regents
  Reno, Nevada
• Member of the Board of Advisors
  Clearwater LLC
  Concord, Massachusetts
• Chair, Charles Stark Draper Prize Award (2005-2006)
  National Academy of Engineering
  Washington, D.C.
• Member of the Advisory Board
  Arab American National Museum
  Dearborn, Michigan
• Arab Group for Ethics in Science
  Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  Alexandria, Egypt
• Chair, U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences
  The National Academies
  Washington, D.C.
• Member, International Academy Panel
  2006 Conference
  Alexandria, Egypt
• Member, External Advisory Council
  Aramco Services Company
  Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• Member, Advisory Board
  Geology and Geophysics Alumni
  University of Missouri-Rolla
  Rolla, MO
• Member, Organizing Committee
  International Conference on Climate Changes
  And their Impacts on Coastal Zones and River Deltas
  Vulnerability, Mitigation and Adaptation
  Alexandria, Egypt
• Member of the Board
  Mentor Arabia
  Beirut, Lebanon
• Honorary Chairman (2007)
  Arab Youth STEM Challenge
  Dubai, U.A.E.

Editorial Boards:

1980

• Consulting Editor, Arrayan (scientific journal)
  Qatar National Museum, Doha, Qatar

• Member, Editorial Board
  Journal of the Faculty of Science
  United Arab Emirates, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board
  National Resources Forum, United Nations, New York

• Member, International Scientific Committee; Geoobservateur
  Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale, Rabat, Morocco
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board
  Third World Environment Reporter
  Wimbledon Publishing Company, London, England

• Chairman, International Advisory Board
  Yemini Journal of Science
  Yemen Scientific Research Foundation, Sanaa, Yemen

2000

• Member, International Advisory Committee
  Arab Journal for Basic and Applied Science
  University of Bahrain, Manamah, Bahrain

2005

• Member of the Advisory Board
  Arab Education
  Arab Thought Foundation
  Beirut, Lebanon

2006

• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board
  Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing
  Springer Publishing Co.

2007

• Member, Editorial Board
  Lebanese Science Journal
  Beruit, Lebanon
• Member, International Advisory Committee
  Journal of the Association of Arab Universities
  For Basic and Applied Sciences
  University of Bahrain