Theresa Anna Maldonado is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator serving as the vice president for research and innovation at the University of California since 2020.
[2] Her dissertation was titled, Analysis of Electro-optic/gyrotropic Biaxial Crystals for Bulk and Waveguide Applications.
[2] She was concurrently the associate vice chancellor for research at the Texas A&M University System from January to December 2010.
[2] Maldonado returned to the National Science Foundation from January 2011 to October 2014 to serve as the director of the engineering education and centers division.
[2] From June 2015 to July 2017 she worked at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as a professor of electrical engineering.
[2] She was its founding senior vice president for research, innovation, and economic development from 2015 to 2016.