List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects

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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.

NameMission/instrument or observatoryPosition
Allwood, Abigail Perseverance/PIXL PI [1]
Anderson, Teresa Jodrell Bank Observatory Dirs [2]
Bernstein, Rebecca Giant Magellan Telescope PS [3]
Baglin, Annie CoRoT PI [4]
Batalha, Natalie Kepler Space Telescope DPI, PS [5]
Blaney, Diana Europa Clipper/MISE PI [6]
Blum, Lauren GTOSatPI [7]
Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella SMILE PI (Eur) [8]
Bright, Stacey JWST Deputy PS (STScI)
Bunce, Emma BepiColombo/MIXSPI [9]
Cesarsky, Catherine ISO/ISOCAMPI [10]
Ciarletti, Valérie Rosalind Franklin/WISDOM PI [11]
Cohen, Judith Keck/LRISPI [12]
Cohen, Judith Keck/MAGIQPS [12]
Curry, Shannon MAVEN PI [13]
De Sanctis, Maria Cristina Rosalind Franklin/MA_MISS PI [14]
Dehant, Véronique Kazachok /LaRa PI [15]
de Laurentis, Mariafelicia Event Horizon Telescope PS [16]
Dempsey, Jessica ASTRON Dir [17]
Dodd, Suzanne JPL's Interplanetary Network Directorate Dir [18]
Dotson, Jessie Kepler K2 PS [19]
Dougherty, Michele Cassini magnetometer, JUICE's J-MAGPI [20]
Elkins-Tanton, Lindy Psyche PI [21]
Enos, Heather OSIRIS-REx Deputy PI [22]
Faber, Sandra Keck/DEIMOSPI [23]
Ferrarese, Laura Gemini Observatory Dir [24]
Fischer, Debra Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRONco-PI [25]
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Vilnius University Echelle Spectrographco-PI [26]
Lowell Discovery Telescope / EXPRES co-PI [27] [28]
Fox, Nicky Parker Solar Probe PS (US) [29]
Freedman, Wendy Giant Magellan Telescope Dir (former)
Froning, Cynthia Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph PS [30]
Galvin, Toni STEREO/PLASTICPI [31]
Garcia Marin, Macarena JWST PS (STScI)
Glesener, Lindsay FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3PI [32]
Hamden, Erika Aspera Deputy-PI [33]
Hammel, Heidi Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Dir (Executive VP)
Harra, Louise Solar Orbiter/EUIco-PI [34]
Harrison, Fiona NuSTAR PI [35]
Heras, Ana PLATO ESA PS [36]
Isaak, Kate CHEOPS PS [37]
Jaeggli, Sarah Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope/DL-NIRSPInstrument scientist [38]
Kasliwal, Mansi GROWTHPI [39]
Palomar Gattini-IR co-PI [40]
WINTERco-PI [40]
Johnson, Jennifer Milky Way Mapper (Survey in Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V)PI [41]
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie Murchison Widefield Array Dir (former) [42]
Kollmeier, Juna Sloan Digital Sky Survey-VDirector [43]
Kucera, Therese (Terry) STEREO PS [44]
Lagrange, Anne-Marie Very Large Telescope/NAOSPS [45]
Le, Guan Geotail PS (US) [46]
Lepri, Susan Solar Orbiter/Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS)PI [47]
Lotz, Jennifer Gemini Observatory (Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute from Feb 2024)Dir [48]
Lu, Jessica Keck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA) PS [49]
Luetzgendorf, Nora LISA ESA PS [50]
Luhmann, Janet STEREO/IMPACTPI [51]
Mainzer, Amy NEOWISE PI [52]
Marcum, Pamela SOFIA PS [53]
Marshall, Jennifer MaunaKea Spectroscopic Explorer PS [54]
Matthews, Sarah Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS)PI (UK) [55]
Max, Claire Keck/Next Gen AOPS [56]
McEnery, Julie Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope PS [57]
Mundell, Carole RINGO2

Director of Science, European Space Agency (from 2023)

PI
O'Neill, Karen Green Bank Telescope Dir [58]
Oppenheimer, Rebecca Palomar Observatory/JHU Adaptive Optics CoronagraphPS [59]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAOPS [60]
3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot ProjectPI [61]
Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIESPI [62]
Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640PI [63]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVIPI [64]
Pelló, Roser ELT/MOSAICPI [65]
Porco, Carolyn Cassini Imaging Science SubsystemPI [66]
Ramsay, Suzanne ELT ELT Instrumentation Project Manager (ESO)
Rangwala, Naseem Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy PS [67]
Rank-Lueftinger, Theresa ARIEL ESA PS [68]
Rauer, Heike PLATO PI [69]
Raymond, Carol Europa Clipper/ICEMAG (cancelled)PI [6]
Reeves, Kathy Hinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT)PS (US) [70]
Rigby, Jane JWST PS (NASA)
Rieke, Marcia Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Deputy PI [71]
JWST/NIRCam PI [71]
Roy, Arpita Keck/Keck Planet FinderPS [72]
Rudie, Gwen MIRMOS PS [73]
Savage, Sabrina Hinode PS (US) [74]
Seager, Sara ASTERIA PI [75]
Seetha, Somasundaram Astrosat PI [76]
Shkolnik, Evgenya SPARCS PI [77]
Spilker, Linda Cassini PS [78]
Voyager program PS [79]
Staggs, Suzanne Advanced ACTpol PI [80]
Stofan, Ellen Titan Mare Explorer PI
Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete EnVision ESA PS
Swank, Jean RXTE PS [81]
RXTE/PCAPI [81]
Tasca, Lidia ELT/MOSAICPI
Tinetti, Giovanna ARIEL PI [82]
Turtle, Elizabeth Europa Clipper/EIS PI [6]
Dragonfly PI [83]
Tuttle, Sarah Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRSPS [84] [ citation needed ]
HETDEX/VIRUSInstrument Scientist [84] [ citation needed ]
Vandaele, Ann Carine ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD PI [85]
Wilkes, Belinda Chandra X-ray CenterDir [86]
Winebarger, Amy Hi-C sounding rocket (3rd launch)PI [87]
Wiseman, Jennifer Hubble Space Telescope SPS [88]
Wright, Gillian JWST/MIRI PI (Eur) [89]
Wright, Shelley TMT/IRISPS [90]
Keck/LigerPI [91]
Zuber, Maria GRAIL PI [92]

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