Meet the editors

Dr. Khalid S. Essa received his BSc with honors (1997), an MSc (2001), and a Ph.D. (2004) in Geophysics from the Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt. He joined the staff of Cairo University in 1997 and was appointed a research professor of potential field methods in the Department of Geophysics in 2014. He completed post-doctoral visits at the University of Lorraine and Strasbourg University, France in 2018; Charles

University, Prague in 2014; and Western Michigan University, USA in 2006. Dr. Essa is an editor and external reviewer for many top journals. He has attended several international geophysical conferences in the United States, Australia, and France. He is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), and Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions (ESSP). He is also a member of the Petroleum and Mineral Resources Research Council and the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics. In 2017, he received the Prof. Nasry Matari Shokry Award in Applied Geology from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and an award for Scientific Excellence in Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Future Sciences from Cairo University.

Khaled Hussein Mahmoud, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Physics, Khurmah University College, Taif University, Saudi Arabia. He works in the field of polymers and polymer nanocomposites. His main research lies in studying the electrical, optical, and thermal properties of polymers. Dr. Khaled studied physics at Cairo University, Egypt. He also completed a professorship at the University of Cairo.

Dr. Yann-Henri Chemin, Ph.D. in remote sensing applications (AIT, Th, 2006), graduated in Planetary Sciences with Astronomy in 2016, after a full academic path in Earth Observation in Asia. He is now concentrating on security, defense, and space industries, a field filled with both commercial endeavors and highly technical advances. He worked on the hyperspectral analysis of the Apollo 12 landing site and its vicinity on the

Moon's surface. He also worked on the thermodynamic energy balance of the surface-atmosphere interactions of the moon Titan and on the mapping of craters on the dwarf planet called Ceres. Dr. Chemin keeps a keen eye on the challenges to settle on the moon and Mars, especially food creation, settlement construction, and in situ resource utilization. His interests include philosophy, innovation, space science and exploration challenges, spatial sciences, and geopolitical impacts on space.
