List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects

The following is a list of women who are the principal investigators (PIs), project scientists (PSs) or directors (Dirs) of astronomical instruments, missions or observatories.

Name Mission/instrument or observatory Position
Allwood, Abigail Perseverance/PIXL PI[1]
Bernstein, Rebecca Giant Magellan Telescope PS[2]
Baglin, Annie CoRoT PI[3]
Batalha, Natalie Kepler Space Telescope DPI, PS[4]
Blaney, Diana Europa Clipper/MISE PI[5]
Blum, Lauren GTOSat PI[6]
Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella SMILE PI (Eur)[7]
Bright, Stacey JWST Deputy PS (STScI)
Bunce, Emma BepiColombo/MIXS PI[8]
Cesarsky, Catherine ISO/ISOCAM PI[9]
Ciarletti, Valérie Rosalind Franklin/WISDOM PI[10]
Cohen, Judith Keck/LRIS PI[11]
Cohen, Judith Keck/MAGIQ PS[11]
Curry, Shannon MAVEN PI[12]
De Sanctis, Maria Cristina Rosalind Franklin/MA_MISS PI[13]
Dehant, Véronique Kazachok/LaRa PI[14]
Dotson, Jessie Kepler K2 PS[15]
Dougherty, Michele Cassini magnetometer, JUICE's J-MAG PI[16]
Elkins-Tanton, Lindy Psyche PI[17]
Enos, Heather OSIRIS-REx Deputy PI[18]
Faber, Sandra Keck/DEIMOS PI[19]
Ferrarese, Laura Gemini Observatory Dir[20]
Fischer, Debra Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRON co-PI[21]
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Villnius University Echelle Spectrograph co-PI [22]
Lowell Discovery Telescope / EXPRES co-PI[23][24]
Fox, Nicky Parker Solar Probe PS (US)[25]
Freedman, Wendy Giant Magellan Telescope Dir (former)
Froning, Cynthia Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph PS[26]
Galvin, Toni STEREO/PLASTIC PI[27]
Garcia Marin, Macarena JWST PS (STScI)
Glesener, Lindsay FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3 PI[28]
Hamden, Erika Aspera Deputy-PI[29]
Hammel, Heidi Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Dir (Executive VP)
Harra, Louise Solar Orbiter/EUI co-PI[30]
Harrison, Fiona NuSTAR PI[31]
Heras, Ana PLATO ESA PS[32]
Isaak, Kate CHEOPS PS[33]
Jaeggli, Sarah Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope/DL-NIRSP Instrument scientist[34]
Kasliwal, Mansi GROWTH PI[35]
Palomar Gattini-IR co-PI[36]
WINTER co-PI[36]
Johnson, Jennifer Milky Way Mapper (Survey in Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V) PI[37]
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie Murchison Widefield Array Dir (former)[38]
Kollmeier, Juna Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V Director[39]
Kucera, Therese (Terry) STEREO PS[40]
Lagrange, Anne-Marie Very Large Telescope/NAOS PS[41]
Le, Guan Geotail PS (US)[42]
Lepri, Susan Solar Orbiter/Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS) PI[43]
Lotz, Jennifer Gemini Observatory (Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute from Feb 2024) Dir[44]
Lu, Jessica Keck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA) PS[45]
Luetzgendorf, Nora LISA ESA PS [46]
Luhmann, Janet STEREO/IMPACT PI[47]
Mainzer, Amy NEOWISE PI[48]
Marcum, Pamela SOFIA PS[49]
Marshall, Jennifer MaunaKea Spectroscopic Explorer PS[50]
Matthews, Sarah Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) PI (UK)[51]
Max, Claire Keck/Next Gen AO PS[52]
McEnery, Julie Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope PS[53]
Mundell, Carole RINGO2

Director of Science, European Space Agency (from 2023)

PI
O'Neill, Karen Green Bank Telescope Dir[54]
Oppenheimer, Rebecca Palomar Observatory/JHU Adaptive Optics Coronagraph PS[55]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAO PS[56]
3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot Project PI[57]
Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIES PI[58]
Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640 PI[59]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVI PI[60]
Porco, Carolyn Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem PI[61]
Ramsay, Suzanne ELT ELT Instrumentation Project Manager (ESO)
Rangwala, Naseem Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy PS[62]
Rank-Lueftinger, Theresa ARIEL ESA PS[63]
Rauer, Heike PLATO PI[64]
Raymond, Carol Europa Clipper/ICEMAG (cancelled) PI[5]
Reeves, Kathy Hinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT) PS (US)[65]
Rigby, Jane JWST PS (NASA)
Rieke, Marcia Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Deputy PI[66]
JWST/NIRCam PI[66]
Roy, Arpita Keck/Keck Planet Finder PS[67]
Rudie, Gwen MIRMOS PS[68]
Savage, Sabrina Hinode PS (US)[69]
Seager, Sara ASTERIA PI[70]
Seetha, Somasundaram Astrosat PI[71]
Shkolnik, Evgenya SPARCS PI[72]
Spilker, Linda Cassini PS[73]
Staggs, Suzanne Advanced ACTpol PI[74]
Stofan, Ellen Titan Mare Explorer PI
Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete EnVision ESA PS
Swank, Jean RXTE PS[75]
RXTE/PCA PI[75]
Tasca, Lidia ELT/MOSAIC PI
Tinetti, Giovanna ARIEL PI[76]
Turtle, Elizabeth Europa Clipper/EIS PI[5]
Dragonfly PI[77]
Tuttle, Sarah Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRS PS[78][citation needed]
HETDEX/VIRUS Instrument Scientist[78][citation needed]
Vandaele, Ann Carine ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD PI[79]
Wilkes, Belinda Chandra X-ray Center Dir[80]
Winebarger, Amy Hi-C sounding rocket (3rd launch) PI[81]
Wiseman, Jennifer Hubble Space Telescope SPS[82]
Wright, Gillian JWST/MIRI PI (Eur)[83]
Wright, Shelley TMT/IRIS PS[84]
Keck/Liger PI[85]
Zuber, Maria GRAIL PI[86]

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