Maria Ivanova inyanzvi yehutongi hwepasirese inoshanda pakuita kwemasangano epasi rose, kuita zvibvumirano zvepasi rose zvezvakatipoteredza, uye kusimbaradza. Ndiye Director weChikoro chePublic Policy uye Urban Affairs kuNortheastern University muBoston. Bhuku rake, The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty (MIT Press 2021) inopa ongororo yakazara yemabviro nekuita kweUN Environment Programme.
Muna Chikumi 2022, Ivanova akagadzwa semumwe we66 Foundation Fellows yeInternational Science Council, rukudzo rwepamusoro rwakapihwa neKanzuru kune avo vakaita mupiro unoshamisa mukufambisira mberi kudyidzana nesainzi. Akatungamira hurongwa hwekunyora tsamba yepamutemo kubva kumasainzi nenyanzvi kuenda kuvatungamiriri vepasi rose paStockholm+50 Musangano, vachidaidzira danho rekukurumidzira repasi. Akashanda kunhumwa dzeRwanda kuUN Environment Assembly vachitaurirana nezvechisungo chechibvumirano chepasi rose pamapurasitiki. Ivanova aive nhengo yeScientific Advisory Board kune Secretary-General weUN Ban Ki-moon. Iye inhengo yeTechnical Advisory Group kuGlobal Commission yeScience Missions for Sustainability uye Joint Scientific Committee yeWCRP pamwe nemumiriri weTransparency International.
Iri peji rakagadziridzwa muna Chivabvu 2024.
