Maya Nasr (Arabic: مايا نصر; born April 22, 1997) is a Lebanese postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University.

She studied at Shouf National College in Baakline, Mount Lebanon, where she graduated with honors and earned a Baccalaureate in General Sciences in 2014.

[5] In 2016, Nasr, then a junior student, started working in the MOXIE team, under the supervision of Jeffrey Hoffman, as part of MIT's Advanced Undergraduate Research Program (SuperUROP), along with researchers from the Haystack Observatory, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, as part of the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission.

[10] In 2021, in an article published in the Journal Jus Ad Astra, Nasr expressed concern about climate change and how the emergence of space and satellite technology has revolutionized humanity's ability to monitor the health of the planet, from upper atmospheric layers to surface measurements.

[12] In an interview with Future TV in November 2015, Nasr pointed out that it is a rare occurrence "where the department accepts students from the Arab region, unless they hold the US citizenship".

", Nasr described how she struggles because of her passport, and how it imposes limitations that continuously stop her from fully investing all what she has learned and all her passion for the exploration of space.

[16] In an interview with Jenn White for NPR, Nasr stressed the fact that many international students face uncertainty regarding the possibility of completing their degrees, and fear deportation as a result of potential procedures taken the Trump Administration during the COVID-19 crisis.