Maria T. Zuber (born June 27, 1958) is an American geophysicist who is the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a current trustee of Brown University.

"[4] Zuber later worked at Johns Hopkins University and was a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

[2] From 2012, she was vice president for research at MIT,[9] where she also held the position of the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

A desire to spread her childhood enthusiasm was one reason why she teamed up with former astronaut Sally Ride to include in the GRAIL mission components that would capture the imagination of young students.

[2][11] In January 2021, Zuber was appointed co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).