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 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRONco-PI [21]
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Villnius University Echelle Spectrographco-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/PLASTICPI [27]
Garcia Marin, Macarena JWST PS (STScI)
Glesener, Lindsay FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3PI [28]
Hamden, Erika Aspera Deputy-PI [29]
Hammel, Heidi Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Dir (Executive VP)
Harra, Louise Solar Orbiter/EUIco-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-NIRSPInstrument scientist [34]
Kasliwal, Mansi GROWTHPI [35]
Palomar Gattini-IR co-PI [36]
WINTERco-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-VDirector [39]
Kucera, Therese (Terry) STEREO PS [40]
Lagrange, Anne-Marie Very Large Telescope/NAOSPS [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/IMPACTPI [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 AOPS [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 CoronagraphPS [55]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAOPS [56]
3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot ProjectPI [57]
Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIESPI [58]
Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640PI [59]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVIPI [60]
Porco, Carolyn Cassini Imaging Science SubsystemPI [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 FinderPS [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/PCAPI [75]
Tasca, Lidia ELT/MOSAICPI
Tinetti, Giovanna ARIEL PI [76]
Turtle, Elizabeth Europa Clipper/EIS PI [5]
Dragonfly PI [77]
Tuttle, Sarah Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRSPS [78] [ citation needed ]
HETDEX/VIRUSInstrument Scientist [78] [ citation needed ]
Vandaele, Ann Carine ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD PI [79]
Wilkes, Belinda Chandra X-ray CenterDir [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/IRISPS [84]
Zuber, Maria GRAIL PI [85]

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