Currently, Maria T. Zuber occupies the position of Chairman at The National Science Foundation. Dr. Zuber is also on the board of Bank of America Corp. and Textron, Inc. and Vice President-Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In the past Dr. Zuber was Chairman for The National Science Board and Geophysicist at National Aeronautics & Space Administration.

Maria T. Zuber received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate degree and a doctorate from Brown University.