Essam Heggy is an Egyptian space scientist and one of the most important Egyptian geologists in America, he works in the Houston Space Center NASA's Space Research of America, and holds French and American citizenship. He is currently working in the radar imaging section in the rocket-propelled engines in NASA, as he also oversees many of the scientific tasks to discover other planets in the solar system, and is a professor of space science at the University of Paris in France.
The Arab League and Times Magazine Pittsburgh US has classified Dr. Essam Heggy, as one of the most important intellectual figures in Egypt and the Arab world.