Pardot Kynes
From Dune Wiki: Pardot Kynes [d. 10175 AG] was an Imperial Planetologist who studied Arrakis. He remained there and married a native Fremen woman, with whom he had his only child, Liet Kynes.
Kynes was the first to be sent to study Arrakis, perhaps by Elrood Corrino IX. For Kynes, the planet was an expression of its sun's energy, ready to be reshaped.read more