Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Curriculum Vitae

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
  
• Arid and Semi-Arid Research Needs
  National Science Foundation
  
• 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
  
• Geological Archaeology Division
  Geological Society of America
  
• Executive Committee
  International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  
• Committee on Astrogeology
  American Association of Petroleum Geologists
  
• 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 and 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 MA
• 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