Maria T. Zuber
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Description

Maria Zuber studies the structure and evolution of planets and has been an innovator in the application of spacecraft laser ranging and radio tracking systems to map the topography and gravity fields of the planets. Zuber has led or co-led spacecraft instrument investigations to the Moon and Mars, and she is involved in future missions to Mars, Mercury, and the asteroids Ceres and Vesta. The topographic map of Mars produced by her laser altimeter on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft is the most accurate topography model for any planet, including Earth.

Zuber received her B.A. in Astrophysics (honors) and Geology, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980, her Sc.M. in Geophysics in 1983, and her Ph.D. in Geophysics in 1986, both from Brown University. She is a fellow of the AAAS and the Geological Society of America.


Lecture:

lecture
flag Evolution: From the Fossil Record to Genomic Revolution / Probing the Origin of the Planets from Spacecraft
as author at  MIT World Series: Technology Day 2001,
together with: Charles R. Marshall,
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