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]
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 GTOSatPI [6]
Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella SMILE PI (Eur) [7]
Bright, Stacey JWST Deputy PS (STScI)
Bunce, Emma BepiColombo/MIXSPI [8]
Cesarsky, Catherine ISO/ISOCAMPI [9]
Ciarletti, Valérie Rosalind Franklin/WISDOM PI [10]
Cohen, Judith Keck/LRISPI [11]
Cohen, Judith Keck/MAGIQPS [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-MAGPI [16]
Elkins-Tanton, Lindy Psyche PI [17]
Enos, Heather OSIRIS-REx Deputy PI [18]
Faber, Sandra Keck/DEIMOSPI [19]
Ferrarese, Laura Gemini Observatory Dir [20]
Fischer, Debra Lowell Discovery Telescope/EXPRES co-PI [21]
Fox, Nicky Parker Solar Probe PS (US) [22]
Freedman, Wendy Giant Magellan Telescope Dir (former)
Froning, Cynthia Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph PS [23]
Galvin, Toni STEREO/PLASTICPI [24]
Garcia Marin, Macarena JWST PS (STScI)
Glesener, Lindsay FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3PI [25]
Hamden, Erika Aspera Deputy-PI [26]
Hammel, Heidi Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Dir (Executive VP)
Harra, Louise Solar Orbiter/EUIco-PI [27]
Harrison, Fiona NuSTAR PI [28]
Heras, Ana PLATO ESA PS [29]
Isaak, Kate CHEOPS PS [30]
Jaeggli, Sarah Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope/DL-NIRSPInstrument scientist [31]
Kasliwal, Mansi GROWTHPI [32]
Palomar Gattini-IR co-PI [33]
WINTERco-PI [33]
Johnson, Jennifer Milky Way Mapper (Survey in Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V)PI [34]
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie Murchison Widefield Array Dir (former) [35]
Kollmeier, Juna Sloan Digital Sky Survey-VDirector [36]
Kucera, Therese (Terry) STEREO PS [37]
Lagrange, Anne-Marie Very Large Telescope/NAOSPS [38]
Le, Guan Geotail PS (US) [39]
Lepri, Susan Solar Orbiter/Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS)PI [40]
Lotz, Jennifer Gemini Observatory (Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute from Feb 2024)Dir [41]
Lu, Jessica Keck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA) PS [42]
Luetzgendorf, Nora LISA ESA PS [43]
Luhmann, Janet STEREO/IMPACTPI [44]
Mainzer, Amy NEOWISE PI [45]
Marcum, Pamela SOFIA PS [46]
Marshall, Jennifer MaunaKea Spectroscopic Explorer PS [47]
Matthews, Sarah Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS)PI (UK) [48]
Max, Claire Keck/Next Gen AOPS [49]
McEnery, Julie Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope PS [50]
Mundell, Carole RINGO2

Director of Science, European Space Agency (from 2023)

PI
O'Neill, Karen Green Bank Telescope Dir [51]
Oppenheimer, Rebecca Palomar Observatory/JHU Adaptive Optics CoronagraphPS [52]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAOPS [53]
3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot ProjectPI [54]
Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIESPI [55]
Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640PI [56]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVIPI [57]
Porco, Carolyn Cassini Imaging Science SubsystemPI [58]
Ramsay, Suzanne ELT ELT Instrumentation Project Manager (ESO)
Rangwala, Naseem Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy PS [59]
Rank-Lueftinger, Theresa ARIEL ESA PS [60]
Rauer, Heike PLATO PI [61]
Raymond, Carol Europa Clipper/ICEMAG (cancelled)PI [5]
Reeves, Kathy Hinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT)PS (US) [62]
Rigby, Jane JWST PS (NASA)
Rieke, Marcia Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Deputy PI [63]
JWST/NIRCam PI [63]
Roy, Arpita Keck/Keck Planet FinderPS [64]
Rudie, Gwen MIRMOS PS [65]
Savage, Sabrina Hinode PS (US) [66]
Seager, Sara ASTERIA PI [67]
Seetha, Somasundaram Astrosat PI [68]
Shkolnik, Evgenya SPARCS PI [69]
Spilker, Linda Cassini PS [70]
Staggs, Suzanne Advanced ACTpol PI [71]
Stofan, Ellen Titan Mare Explorer PI
Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete EnVision ESA PS
Swank, Jean RXTE PS [72]
RXTE/PCAPI [72]
Tasca, Lidia ELT/MOSAICPI
Tinetti, Giovanna ARIEL PI [73]
Turtle, Elizabeth Europa Clipper/EIS PI [5]
Dragonfly PI [74]
Tuttle, Sarah Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRSPS [75] [ citation needed ]
HETDEX/VIRUSInstrument Scientist [75] [ citation needed ]
Vandaele, Ann Carine ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD PI [76]
Wilkes, Belinda Chandra X-ray CenterDir [77]
Winebarger, Amy Hi-C sounding rocket (3rd launch)PI [78]
Wiseman, Jennifer Hubble Space Telescope SPS [79]
Wright, Gillian JWST/MIRI PI (Eur) [80]
Wright, Shelley TMT/IRISPS [81]
Zuber, Maria GRAIL PI [82]

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