Maria T. Zuber

Maria T. Zuber

Board Member at Bank of America
Company Tenure: 6 years
Education:
University of Pennsylvania (B.S.) Brown University (Ph.D.)
Biography:

Ms. Zuber is the Vice President for Research and the E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In her role as Vice President for Research she has overall responsibility for research administration and policy at MIT, overseeing MIT Lincoln Laboratory and more than a dozen interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers, and plays a central role in research relationships with the federal government. Since 1990, she has held leadership roles associated with scientific experiments or instrumentation on ten NASA missions. In 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Zuber to the National Science Board, and, in 2018 she was reappointed by President Trump. She served as Board Chair from 2016-2018. In December 2016, Ms. Zuber became a director of Textron, Inc. In 2021 President Biden appointed Ms. Zuber to co-chair the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Profile Details

Affiliated Companies

Bank of America

Bank of America

Key Statements

Q: "And so climate change clearly is one of the critical issues of our time. And how do you see the role of PCAST in addressing climate change issues?" A: "We've got to invest in technology as well. We can't do it only by disclosures and transparencies and managing collaborations. We actually have to invest as well. And I think it's important for everyone to understand that the investment you're talking about isn't just on the part of the government. It has to "be a much more broad source of investment, including the private sector.

Source Link

"That’s why the strategic plan includes a focus on training and learning opportunities for PIs, so they can incorporate an understanding of the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion into their hiring and team-management practices."

Source Link

"Well, yeah, I am, I have to say, in my office, my department head's office, I keep putting out magazines that I get in the grocery store about climate change, about environmental change, about energy. And I talk to Faculty. I'll go in and I'll show them, and they'll say, Maria, you're preaching to the choir. And I says, no, I got this at the grocery store. We're relevant. This is our moment here. People tend to listen to us a lot anyway because we're from MIT. But this is a time and a place and problems that have huge societal interest, not only just to a subset of the population, but to the whole world."

Source Link