Dr. Essa received his B.Sc. with honors (1997), an M.Sc. (2001) and a Ph.D. (2004) in Geophysics from the Faculty of Science, Cairo University. He joined the staff of Cairo University (1997) and was appointed a research Professor of potential field methods in the Department of Geophysics (2014). He has authored more than 80 technical papers and affiliated to post-doctoral visits to University of Lorraine, France (2020-2021), Strasbourg University, France (2018-2019), Charles University in Prague, Czech (2014-2015) and in Western Michigan University, USA (2006-2007) and served as an Editor and external reviewer for many top journals. He attended several International Geophysical Conferences in USA, Australia and France. He was a member in SEG, AGU, AAPG, EAGE and EGS. Also, he is a member of the National committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt (2020-2023) and member of the Petroleum and Mineral Resources Research Council, Sector of Quality Councils, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt (2018-2024). He has given Award of the Prof. Nasry Matari Shokry in Applied Geology, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (2017) and Award of Cairo University for Scientific Excellence in Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary and Future Sciences (2017). He was selected among Stanford University's list of the top 2% scientists in the world in 2021, 2022 and 2023.