Born: 27 June 1958, United States
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Maria T. Zuber, PhD, is a geophysicist and planetary scientist who has produced several topography and gravity maps of planetary bodies that exceed the quality and resolution of those for Earth. She has led a dozen experiments on ten NASA missions and is the first woman to lead a NASA planetary mission.
Oversees MIT Lincoln Laboratory and a dozen interdisciplinary research labs.
Maps planets using laser ranging and radio tracking techniques.
First woman to lead a science department at MIT.
Appointed by Presidents Obama and Trump to the National Science Board and served as Board Chair.
Member of U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Served on the Presidential Commission on the Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy under President G. W. Bush.