Researcher Maria Zuber promoted to Vice President role
Claude R. Canizares, a renowned physicist with expertise in astrophysics and high-energy physics, has been appointed to a new vice presidential post at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His new role will be responsible for MIT's major international partnerships.
Canizares, who has been at MIT since 1971, joining the faculty in 1974, will continue to serve as the director of MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in his new role. He has been instrumental in securing research support for MIT, leading the institution to remarkable success during his tenure as vice president for research.
One of Canizares' significant achievements was initiating a consortium to build the new Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke. He also founded the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. For his contributions to science, Canizares has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science.
Canizares' appointment as vice president will run until June 2014.
Meanwhile, Maria T. Zuber, a professor of geophysics, has been named the next vice president for research at MIT. Zuber's research focuses on the interiors of planets, including Mars, the Moon, and Mercury. Her research has contributed significantly to understanding the internal structure and evolution of Mars.
Zuber chaired MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences from 2003 to 2011. She has been a key figure in the development of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Mars Rover. Zuber has also been involved in the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, which mapped the Moon's gravity field.
Zuber has held leadership roles associated with scientific experiments or instrumentation on nine NASA missions over the past two decades. Her term as vice president for research at MIT will begin on July 1, 2013.
While there is no explicit association in the provided results between Zuber and cutting-edge quantum research initiatives at MIT such as the Engineering Quantum Systems Group (EQuS), it is known that Zuber retains a faculty role in geophysics and serves as Presidential Advisor for Science and Technology Policy at MIT.
However, specific details in the search results about her current research centers or projects directly linked to her role as Vice President for Research are not explicitly provided. Similarly, historical research controversies around 2008–2009 publications regarding authorship and citation practices tied to her student’s dissertation do not directly inform her current administrative research leadership role but contextualize her scientific career.
In conclusion, both Canizares and Zuber bring their unique expertise to their new roles at MIT. Canizares will continue to oversee Lincoln Laboratory while focusing on MIT's major international partnerships, while Zuber will leverage her planetary geophysics background to lead MIT as Vice President for Research.
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