Maria T. Zuber
American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1958 · age 68
Maria T. Zuber is the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Presidential Advisor for Science and Technology Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Zuber also serves as a trustee of Brown University.
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Jim Adams, NASA Deputy Director of Planetary Division, left, and Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talk during the countdown to launch of the twin GRAIL spacecraft on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Zuber with Leo Rafael Reif and John Kerry in 2017Awards
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Zuber has been involved in more than half a dozen NASA planetary missions aimed at mapping the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and several asteroids. She was the principal investigator for the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission, which was managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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The same award as Maria
Eugene Merle ShoemakerBoth received Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal
Geoffrey MarcyBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement MedalIrwin I. ShapiroBoth received Gerard P. Kuiper PrizeHerbert FriedmanBoth received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
Peter GoldreichBoth received Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
William Kenneth HartmannBoth received Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal