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RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Theoretical modeling of geophysical processes.
• Analysis of altimetry, gravity and tectonics to determine the structure and dynamics of the Earth and solid planets.
• Development and implementation of spacecraft laser and radio tracking experiments.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Geophysics, Brown University, 1986.
  Ph.D. Thesis: Unstable Deformation in Layered Media: Application to Planetary Lithospheres. Thesis Advisor: E.M. Parmentier
• Sc.M. Geophysics, Brown University, 1983.
• B.A. Astronomy (honors) and Geology, University of Pennsylvania, 1980.
  Honors Thesis: Velocity-Inclination Correlations in Galactic Clusters.

EMPLOYMENT

• Vice President for Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-Present.
• E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998-Present.
• Executive Committee, MIT Media Lab, 2019-Present.
• Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003-2011.
• Consultant, Aerospace Division, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 2002-2012.
• Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1994-Present.
• Professor of Geophysics and Planetary Science, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995-1998.
• Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 1995.
• Second Decade Society Term Associate Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1995.
• Associate Research Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 1991-1992.
• Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1986-1992.
• National Research Council Research Associate, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1985-1986.
• Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 1980-1985.

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

• Guest Investigator, Department of Geology and Geophysics,, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Summers, 1996-2012.
• Senior Science Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2002-2003.
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 1990.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, Division for Planetary Sciences, DAmerican Astronomical Society, 2019.
• Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal, NASA Solar System Exploration Virtual Institute, 2017.
• Honorary Fellowship in Geophysics Royal Astronomical Society, 2017.
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory Facilities Modernization Plan Team Award, 2016.
• Best Referee Award, Nature Publishing Group, 2015.
• MIT Freshman Advising Student Champion Award, 2015.
• Elected Member, Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, 2015.
• Buzz Aldrin Space Exploration Award, The Explorers Club, 2014.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Dawn Science Team, 2013.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter-Laser Ranger Optical Communication Experiment, 2013.
• NASA Exceptional Achievement for Science, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Science Team, 2013.
• National Space Society, Space Pioneer Award in Science and Engineering, GRAIL Team, 2013.
• International Academy of Astronautics Laurel for Team Achievement to MESSENGER Team, 2012.
• American Geophysical Union Harry H. Hess Medal, 2012.
• NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal, 2012.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the GRAIL Science Team, 2012.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the GRAIL Project Office Team, 2012.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the GRAIL Mission FormulationTeam, 2012.
• MIT James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, 2012-2013.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Team, 2010.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Laser Ranging Team, 2009.
• List of America's Best Leaders, U.S. News and World Report/Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership, 2008.
• Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, Brown University, 2008.
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2008.
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007.
• American Astronautical Society/Planetary Society Carl Sagan Memorial Award, 2007.
• Geological Society of America G.K. Gilbert Award, 2007.
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Outstanding Teamwork Award for the Earth-Mars Laser Ranging Experiment, 2006.
• Brown University Horace Mann Medal, 2005.
• Member, American Philosophical Society, 2005
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument Team, 2004.
• NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 2004.
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2004.
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mercury Laser Altimeter, 2004.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mars Global Surveyor Project Science Group, 2003.
• Listed as one of the 50 Most Important Women in Science, Discover Magazine, November, 2002.
• Scientific Achievement Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New England Section, 2002.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous-Shoemaker Mission Team, 2002.
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2001.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mars Program Independent Assessment Team, 2000.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mars Global Surveyor Science Team, 2000.
• Asteroid 6635 Zuber (a Mars crosser!), discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory, 1987; approved by the IAU, 1998.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft encounter of Asteroid 253 Mathilde, 1998.
• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1995.
• Johns Hopkins University David S. Olton Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Student Research, 1995.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Deep Space Program Science Experiment Lunar Orbit Mission Operations Support Team, 1994.
• Johns Hopkins University Oraculum Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1994.
• Johns Hopkins University Second Decade Society Faculty Development Chair, 1993-1995.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mars Observer Payload Development Team, 1993.
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mars Observer Laser Altimeter Project, 1991.
• NASA Outstanding Performance Award, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992.
• NASA Peer Award, 1988.
• Sigma Xi, 1983, 1985.

SPACECRAFT MISSION INVOLVEMENT

• Gravity Investigation Lead and Co-investigator, NASA Psyche Mission, 2016-Present.
• Principal Investigator, NASA Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission, 2008-Present.
• Investigation Lead, Laser Ranger, NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission, 2006-Present.
• Deputy Principal Investigator, Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission, 2004-Present.
• Co-investigator, NASA Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres, 2001-Present.
• Team Leader, Radio Science Gravity Investigation, 2005 NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission, 2001-Present.
• Co-investigator and Lead of the Geophysics Investigation, NASA MESSENGER Mission to Mercury, 1999-Present.
• Team Leader, Laser Ranging Investigation, NASA Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission, 1994-2001.
• Deputy Principal Investigator, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, NASA Mars Global Surveyor Mission, 1994-Present.
• Gravity and Altimetry Team, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization/NASA Clementine Mission, 1993-1995.
• Co-investigator, Mars Observer Laser Altimeter, NASA Mars Observer Mission, 1990-1993.

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS

• Co-chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, by President Joseph R. Biden, 2021-Present.
• National Science Board, by President Donald J. Trump, 2018-2021.
• National Science Board, by President Barak Obama, 2013-2018; Chair, 2016-2018.
• Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, by President George W. Bush, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Geophysical Union -- Fellow
• American Association for the Advancement of Science -- Fellow
• American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences
• American Astronautical Society
• The Explorers Club -- Fellow National
• Geological Society of America -- Fellow

CORPORATE BOARDS

• Bank of America 2018-Present.
• Textron, Inc. 2017-Present.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Chair, Brown University Ad hoc Corporation Committee on International Faculty Collaboration Policy and Practices, 2021-Present.
• Co-chair (with Dick Meserve & John Gannon), National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine National Science, Technology and Security Roundtable, 2020-Present.
• Executive Board, COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, 2020-2021.
• Chair, NASA Mars Sample Return Mission Standing Review Board, 2020-Present.
• Member, NASA Mars Sample Return Mission Independent Review Board, 2020.
• Member, Harvard University Coronavirus Advisory Group, 2020-Present.
• Co-chair (with Richard Locke), Brown University Ad hoc Corporation Committee on Equity and Integrity in Admissions, 2019-2020.
• DARPA University Research Protection Roundtable, January 2019.
• Member, National Academy of Sciences Conduct Committee, 2019-Present.
• National Institutes of Health Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on Foreign Influences on Research Integrity, 2018.
• Member, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs-Bank of America Council on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence, 2018-Present.
• Member, NASA James Webb Space Telescope Independent Review Board, 2018.
• Participant, Boston Biotech Working Group, 2019-2021.
• Chair, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Advisory Council, 2017-Present.
• Selection Committee, MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award, 2017, 2018.
• International Advisory Council, Saudi Aramco EXPEC ARC, 2017-2018.
• Selection Committee, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, 2016.
• Member, Science Advisory Board, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 2016-Present.
• Member, Board of Directors, Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), 2016-2021.
• Chair, National Academy of Sciences Nominating Committee, 2016.
• NASA Europa Gravity Study Group, 2015-2016.
• Planning Committee, Association of American Universities Senior Research Officers Meeting, 2016, 2018.
• Participant, National Academy of Sciences -- Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands Working Group on Scientific Integrity, February, 2015.
• External Review Committee, Columbia University Earth Institute, 2015.
• Co-convener, Session on "Spaceborne Remote Sensing of Gravity: GRACE, GRAIL, GOCE, GRACE-FO, and Beyond", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
• Executive Committeea and Board of Directors, Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, 2013-Present.
• Alliance Board of Directors, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2013-Present.
• Executive Committee, Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), 2013-2015.
• Member, National Research Council, Governing Board, 2013-2015.
• Chair, External Review Committee, Harvard University Center for the Environment, 2013.
• Co-convener, Session on "Spaceborne Remote Sensing of Gravity: GRACE, GRAIL and GOCE", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013.
• Visiting Committee, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2013.
• Co-convener, Session on "GRAIL Explores the Moon's Interior", Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIV, Houston, TX, 2013.
• Co-convener, Session on “Initial Results of the GRAIL Mission”, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
• Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012-2015.
• Co-chair, MIT Execution Planning Committee on the Environment, 2012.
• Chair, Faculty Search Committee on Space, MIT-Skolkovo Initiative, 2012.
• Scientific Organizing Committee, BepiColombo-MESSENGER Joint Workshop on the Internal Constitution of Mercury, 2012.
• President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Study Group on The Future of the U.S. Science and Technology Research Enterprise, 2011-2012.
• Member, Draper Laboratory Space Systems Review Board, 2011.
• Co-chair, MIT Center for Global Change Science Advisory Board, 2011-Present.
• Organizing Committee, Climate and Economics Symposium, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2011.
• Co-convener, MIT Women in Aerospace Symposium, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
• Co-organizer, Exploration Symposium, celebrating MIT 150th Anniversary, 2011.
• Scientific Organizing Committee, Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium, The Woodlands, TX, March 2011, 2012.
• Member, Advisory Board, Search for MIT Dean of Engineering, 2010.
• Member, NASA OSIRIS-REX Red Team Review, NASA New Frontiers Program, 2010.
• Co-convener, MIT Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Forum, 2010.
• Member, Advisory Board, Search for MIT Dean of Graduate Studies, 2010.
• Member, MIT Energy and Environment Advisory Board, 2010-2012.
• Member, NASA/Artemis Mission Senior Review, 2010.
• Scientific Organizing Committee, NASA Lunar Science Institute Symposium, 2010.
• Co-convener, MIT Climategate Forum, 2009.
• Chair, Committee on the Recruitment and Professional Development of Women, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 200-2011.
• Board of Fellows, Brown University Corporation, 2009-Present.
• MIT News Office Advisory Group, 2009-Present.
• Co-Chair, Research Working Group, MIT Institute-wide Planning Task Force, 2009.
• Co-convener, Union Session on "MESSENGER at Mercury: The Second Flyby", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
• Program Committee, MIT Darwin Bicentennial Conference, 2008.
• Co-convenor, Session on "Mars Exploration", 37th Scientific Assembly, COmmittee on SPAce Research (COSPAR), Montreal, Canada, 2008.
• Co-convenor, Session on "Lunar Science and Exploration", Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Meeting, Busan, Korea, 2008.
• External Advisory Board, Brown University ADVANCE Program, 2007-Present.
• Advisory Panel, Minding the Gap study on women in science at NASA, 2007.
• Chair, Committee to Assess Environmental Activities at MIT, 2007.
• Organizing Committee, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Symposium on "Origins of Life: The Earth, the Solar System and Beyond", 2007-Present.
• Co-convener, National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium on Evolution and Exploration of Solar Systems, Irvine, January 5-6, 2007.
• External Review Team, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006.
• American Geophysical Union Fellows Committee, 2006-2009.
• Chair, Advisory Committee on the Lincoln Laboratory Director Search, 2006.
• National Academy of Sciences Committee on Women in Academic Science and Engineering, 2005-2006.
• Screening Committee, Lemelson-MIT Prize, 2005-2006.
• National Academy of Sciences J. Lawrence Smith Medal Selection Committee, 2005.
• National Academy of Sciences Earth Science and Applications from Space Panel on Solid Earth Hazards, Resources and Dynamics, 2005-2006.
• Co-chair, NASA Science Instruments and Sensor Capability Roadmap Team, 2004-2005.
• NASA Mars Exploration Rover Independent Status Review Board, 2003-2004.
• Visiting Committee, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2003-Present.
• NASA Mars Exploration Rover Operations Readiness Review Board, 2003.
• NASA Mars Exploration Rover Landing Site Selection Review Board, 2003.
• NASA Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Science Definition Team, 2003-2004.
• Advisory Board, Mars Gravity Biosatellite Mission Concept, 2003.
• Chair, American Geophysical Union Honors and Recognition Committee, 2002-2004.
• Chair, American Geophysical Union Planetary Sciences Section Nominating Committee, 2003.
• Prize Committee, Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, 2001-2004.
• Visiting Committee and Advisory Council, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2000-Present.
• Board of Directors, The Planetary Society, 2000-2005.
• Board of Reviewing Editors, Science, 2000-Present.
• NASA Space Science Advisory Committee, 1999-2002.
• Mars Program Independent Assessment Team, 2000.
• Judge, Siemens-Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition, 1999.
• Co-convener, Session on "Highlights of Planetary Exploration", American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, June, 1999.
• Co-convener, Session on "New Frontiers of Earth Gravity from Space", IUGG General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, July, 1999.
• Co-convener, Session on "Latest Results from Mars Global Surveyor", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December, 1998.
• President, Planetary Sciences Section, American Geophysical Union, 1998-2000; President-elect,1996-1998.
• Co-convener, Session on "Results of Mars Global Surveyor Elliptical Orbit Mapping, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, May, 1998.
• Chair, American Geophysical Union Audit and Legal Affairs Commitee, 1998-2000; Member, 1996-Present.
• NASA Europa Orbiter Mission Science Definition Team, 1997-1999.
• Local Organizing Committee, AAS Division for Planetary Sciences Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, July, 1997.
• Chair, American Geophysical Union, Eos Editor Search Committee, 1997-Present; Member, 1996-1997.
• Chair, American Geophsyical Union Best Student Paper in Planetary Science Selection Committee, Fall Meeting, 1996; Spring Meeting, 1997.
• Co-Author, National Academy of Sciences/NASA "Nature of Origins" Report, 1996.
• Co-Convener, Session on "A Tribute to S.K. Runcorn", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December, 1996.
• NASA Europa Orbiter Study Team, 1996.
• NASA Mars Exploration Working Group, 1996-1997.
• National Academy of Sciences Committee on Earth Gravity from Space, 1996.
• American Geophysical Union Edward A. Flinn Award Committee, 1996-1997; 2000-Present.
• Co-Convener, Session on "Deformation of Thick Lithospheres on Earth and Venus", Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, July, 1996.
• Chair, NASA/Mars Surveyor 1998 Lander Science Payload Selection Panel, 1995.
• Guest Editor, Odyssey Magazine, "Mapping the Planets" issue, November, 1995.
• NASA/Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission Science Data Center Review Board, 1995-Present.
• National Academy of Sciences Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, 1994-1996.
• NASA Mars Science Working Group, 1993-1996.
• Chair, Mars Observer Geodesy and Geophysics Working Group, 1993.
• NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program Review Panel, 1993-1995.
• American Geophysical Union Bucher Medal Selection Committee, 1992.
• NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Management and Operations Working Group, 1993-1995.
• American Geophysical Union Bucher Medal Selection Committee, 1992-1995.
• NASA Venus Data Analysis Program Review Panel, 1992.
• NASA Planetary Geology Speakers' Bureau, 1991-1992.
• NASA Dynamics of the Solid Earth Program Review Panel, 1991.
• American Geophysical Union Tectonophysics Section Nominating Committee, 1991.
• NASA Solid Earth Science Coolfont Report Panel, 1989.
• Program Committee, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 1989.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1989-1992.
• Consultant, NASA Education Office National High School Mission to Mars Course, 1988-1992.
• Editor, Planetary Geosciences -- 1988-1990.
• Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, 1988-1991.
• NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Working Group, 1987-1990.
• Planetary Program Committee, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 1985.

SELECTED LECTURESHIPS AND PANELS

• MIT Forefront Event on “Climate and Sustainability” with Jim Fitterling, Arvind Krishna, Ernest Moniz, and Jeff Wilke, virtual, March 2021.
• The Economist Panel on “Technology: Shaping the Sustainability Agenda”, with Lucas Joppa, Alice Steenland, Deeptha Khanna and Kenneth Cukier, virtual, March 2021.
• American Geophysical Union William Bowie Lecture, “Geodetic Clues in Planetary Treasure Hunts”, Fall Meeting, virtual, December 2020.
• Keynote Speaker, “Investing in a Sustainable Planet”, UBS ESG and Sustainability Symposium, London, September 2019.
• Panel on “Moon, Solar System and Cosmos”, 50th Anniversary Celebration of Apollo 11 Moon Landing, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA, June 2019.
• Co-Host with John Durant, Mars-- Really?, Cambridge Science Festival, Cambridge, MA, April 2019.
• Women, Science and Technology Distinguished Lecture,“Advancing Gender Equity Across the Solar System”, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 2019.
• Invited Speaker, "Geophysics and Shallow Internal Structure of the Moon", in special session: 50 Years of Lunar Science: The Legacy of One Small Step, 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, March 2019.
• Keynote Speaker, "The Moon and Mars: What Remains to be Discovered", MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Apollo 50+50, Cambridge, MA, March 2019.
• CERAWeek Panel on "Climate Strategies in a World of Rivalry" (with Carlos Pascual, Mark Little, Ernest Moniz and Jennifer Morris), Houston, TX, March 2017.
• Academician Lecture, "Inside the Moon 50 Years After Apollo", Fourteenth Annual Conference "Plasma Physics in the Solar System", Space Reserach Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia, February 2019.
• Keynote Speaker, "Investing in a Sustainable Planet", UBS Greater China Conference, Shanghai, China, January 2019.
• American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, “Great Debate: How to Support and Develop the Modern Digital Research Ecosystem to Maximize Benefits of Science for Society and the Research Community”, with Marcia McNutt, Alberto Montanari, Yasuhiro Murayama, Florian Pappenberger and Maria Uhle, Washington, DC, December 2018.
• MIT Communications Forum, Is America Losing its Miracle Macine? with Seth Mnookin and Eric Lander, Cambridge, MA, November 2018.
• University of Colorado/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Distinguished Lecturer, Boulder, CO, November 2018.
• Boston Globe HubWeek Conversation, “Science, Technology and the Future of America”, with Eric Lander and Ash Carter, Boston, MA, October 2018.
• Invited Speaker, Jim Watson’s 90th Birthday Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, April 2018.
• Keynote Speaker, Holy See Seminar on Exploration and Development of Space Opportunities and Issues in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, March 2018.
• Fireside Chat, w/Rusty Justice, Co-founder of Bitsource, a software development company in Eastern Kentucky that employs re-trained coal miners, MIT CSAIL-Sloan Symposium on AI and the Future of Work, Cambridge, MA, November 2017.
• Keynote Speaker, Golden Goose Awards Ceremony, Kennedy Caucus Room, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, September 2017.
• Conversion on "Defying Faith" (with Father Eric Salobir, Jonathan Zittrain), Defiance Conference, MIT Media Lab, July 2017.
• Keynote Address, Council on Government Relations, Washington, February 2017.
• Maurice and Yetta Glicksman Forum, Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2017.
• CERAWeek Panel on Climate and Energy Strategies Post-Paris (with Carlos Pasqual, Mohammed Jameel Al Ramahi, Rachel Kyte, Laurence Tubiana), Houston, March 2017.
• Keynote Speaker, 31st International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Paris, June 2016.
• Keynote Speaker, UNAVCO Science Workshop, Broomfield, CO, March 2016.
• COP21, Panel on “Sustainable Cities and Green Buildings”, Paris 2015.
• Distinguished Lecture in Planetary Sciences, 12th Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Singapore, August 2015.
• Center for American Progress, Panel on Human Exploration of Space, Looking Back 50 Years, Getting Ready for the Next 50 (with Rudy deLeon, Deborah Lee James, Wes Bush, Rudy Juul), Washington, DC, June 2015.
• Commencement Speaker, University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, May 2015.
• US Naval Academy Leadership Conference, Leading in an Interconnected World, Panel on The Conscientious Leader: Operating within the Realm of Perception, Annapolis, MD, January 2015.
• Thomas A, Mutch Lecture, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, October, 2014.
• Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) Fifth Annual Public Lecture, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2014.
• Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecturer, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2012.
• William H. Pickering Lecturer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Pasadena, CA, 2012.
• Neekeyfar Lecturer in Science and Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2012.
• Tommy Gold Lecturer, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2012.
• School of Earth Sciences Distinguished Speaker, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 2012.
• Distinctive Voices Lecturer, National Academy of Sciences Jonsson Center, Woods Hole, MA 2010.
• Welsh Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto 2010.
• WISEST Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL 2010.
• Keynote Speaker, Giant Leaps 40th Anniversary of Apollo Symposium, Cambridge, MA 2009.
• Krumbein Lecturer, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nortwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2009.
• StatoilHydro Plenary Lecturer, International Geological Congress, Oslo 2008.
• Distinguished Lecturer, National Space Science and Technology Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 2008.
• Centennial Lecturer, School of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2008.
• Plenary Speaker, 50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebration, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 2007.
• Crafoord Jubilee Plenary Lecturer, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lund 2007.
• Special Lecture, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait City 2007.
• Capital Science Evening Lecturer, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC 2004.
• Pappalardo Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2004.
• Niels Bohr Lecturer, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2003.
• Speaker, Crafoord Prize Symposium, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, 2002.
• Academic Master, Chien-Shiung Wu Education Foundation Science Camp, National Central University, Republic of Taiwan 2002.
• Sverdrup Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 2002.
• Plenary Speaker, MIT Technology Day, June 2001.
• Inaugural Carl Sagan Lecturer, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2000.
• Distinguished Leaders in Science Lecturer, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 1999.
• Harold S. Masursky Lecturer, Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX 1993.

Congressional Testimonies

• Subcommittee on Strategic Technologies and Advanced Research (STAR), Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the U.S. House of Representatives (HPSCI), Hearing on "Emerging Technologies and National Security: Posturing the U.S. Intelligence Community for Success", with Chris Darby, D.J. Patil and Nick Sinai, February 12, 2020.
• Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Committee on Science, Space and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hearing on "National Science Foundation Part II: Future Opportunities and Challenges for Science", with Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Jeffrey Spies and Keith Yamamoto, March 21, 2017.
• Committee on Science, Space and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives, Testimony on Lessons for Future Human Spaceflight from the Robotic Exploration Program, Hearing on "Human Spaceflight Past, Present and Future", with Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and Michael Griffin, September 22, 2011.
• Democratic Steering and Policy Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Testimony on The Role of Science as an Economic Stimulus and Key to U.S. Competitiveness, Hearing on "The Need for an Economic Recovery Package", with Norman Augustine, Martin Feldstein, Robert Reich, and Mark Zandi, January 7, 2009.
• Committee on Science, Space and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives, Testimony on Achievements by NASA in Space Science, Earth Science and Education, Hearing on "NASA at 50 – Past Accomplishments and Future Opportunities and Challenges", with Norman Augustine, John Glenn and Stephen Hawking, July 30, 2008.

Opinions

• Introductory Comment to the Women in Biotech Special Issue, MIT Faculty Newsletter, XXXIII, No.4, March/April 2021.
• Wigginton, N.S., R.M. Cunningham, R.H. Katz, M.E. Lindstrom, K.A. Moler, D. Wirtz and M.T. Zuber, Moving Academic Research Forward During COVID-19, Science, 368, 1190-1192, doi: 10.1126/science.abc5599, 2020.
• “Support for Education and Research is a Wise Investment“, Arab News, July 04, 2018.
• “Falling Short on Science“, New York Times, January 26, 2018.
• “Neglecting Research Today Threatens U.S. Innovation Tomorrow”, with Rush Holt, The Hill, February 22, 2017.
• “How to Declare War on Coal’s Emissions Without Declaring War on Coal Communities“, The Washington Post, February 4, 2017.
• “Congressional Leadership and Vision Propels U.S. Leadership in Science”, The Hill, January 17, 2017.

ENGINEERING CERTIFICATIONS (for those who think I have no practical skills)

• Laser Safety
• Clean Room Procedures
• Electrostatic Discharge Control