{{short description|Earth & Planetary scientist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Essam Heggy | image = EssamHeggy.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_place = Tripoli, Libya | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = {{plainlist | * United States * France }} | field = Space sciences | work_institution = USC/JPL/NASA | alma_mater = *Cairo University * Sorbonne University | known_for = Mars exploration and Rosetta mission | prizes = JPL/NASA Mariner Award | religion = | footnotes = }}
'''Essam Heggy''' ({{langx|arz|عصام حجى}}, {{IPA|arz|ʕeˈsˤɑːm ˈħeɡɡi|pron}}) is an American and French space scientist of Egyptian descent.
==Education== Heggy was born in the city of Tripoli, Libya to an Egyptian family; his father is the Egyptian artist Mohamed Heggy. He was raised in Tunisia, Egypt and France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/27/Worldandnation/Research_and_religion.shtml|title=Research and religion can be a difficult mix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202033742/http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/27/Worldandnation/Research_and_religion.shtml |archive-date=February 2, 2008 |author=Susan Taylor Martin|date= January 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/the-planetary-scientist-leading-a-peaceful-revolution-in-egypt/74665/|title=The Planetary Scientist Leading a Peaceful Revolution in Egypt|author=Tafline Laylin|date=January 30, 2017|website=OZY}}</ref> He was the Egyptian president advisor for scientific affairs from 2013 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=69603|title=Essam Heggy: Egyptian society faces many challenges|publisher=Egyptian Government State information System|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413142901/https://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=69603 |archive-date=April 13, 2015 |date= August 26, 2013}}</ref>
Heggy obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy and planetary science in 2002 with distinguished honors from the Sorbonne University in Paris.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
==Academic career== His main scientific interests in space and planetary geophysics cover Mars, the Moon, icy satellites and near-Earth objects.{{cn|date=February 2026}} Heggy is a member of the science teams of several planetary exploration missions, and he is a contributing scientist to several proposed planetary and terrestrial radar imaging and sounding experiments. Heggy taught academic classes and mentored several postdocs and graduated students in UCLA, Caltech, Cambridge University, Paris VI & Paris VII universities, Institut de Physique du Globe, Ecole Normale Superieure, University of Houston, Trento University and Columbia University.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heggy, Essam}} Category:1975 births Category:Cairo University alumni Category:French people of Egyptian descent Category:Living people Category:Planetary scientists Category:Egyptian emigrants to the United States Category:Paris-Sorbonne University alumni