religion birth_place citizenship ethnicity field native_name birth_date work_institutions known_for prizes image article_title name alma_mater
muslim mansoura egypt united states arab-egyptian geology ar فاروق الباز 02 january 1938 nasa boston university project apollo nasa certificate of merit of the world aerospace education organization republic 's of egypt order of merit - first class 1989 outstanding apollo achievement award of the egyptian american organization 1991 golden door achievement award of the international institute of boston award exceptional scientific achievement medal f al-baz . jpg farouk el-baz
 farooq al-baaz missouri university of science and technology
farouk el-baz

farouk el-baz -lrb- , egyptian arabic : -rrb- -lrb- born january 2 , 1938 -rrb- is an egyptian american space scientist who worked with nasa to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the moon , including the selection of landing sites for the apollo missions and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography .
he is married , has four daughters , and six grandchildren .
el-baz is the brother of osama el-baz , senior advisor to egypt 's former president hosni mubarak .
currently , el-baz is research professor and director of the center for remote sensing at boston university in boston , massachusetts .
he is adjunct professor of geology at the faculty of science , ain shams university , cairo , egypt .
he is also a member of the board of trustees of the geological society of america foundation , boulder , colorado , a member of the board of directors of crdf global , and a member of the u.s. national academy of engineering , washington , dc .
