Global InformationList of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects information
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 | 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/PLASTIC | PI[24] |
| Garcia Marin, Macarena | JWST | PS (STScI) |
| Glesener, Lindsay | FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3 | PI[25] |
| Hamden, Erika | Aspera | Deputy-PI[26] |
| Hammel, Heidi | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | Dir (Executive VP) |
| Harra, Louise | Solar Orbiter/EUI | co-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-NIRSP | Instrument scientist[31] |
| Kasliwal, Mansi | GROWTH | PI[32] |
| Palomar Gattini-IR | co-PI[33] | |
| WINTER | co-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-V | Director[36] |
| Kucera, Therese (Terry) | STEREO | PS[37] |
| Lagrange, Anne-Marie | Very Large Telescope/NAOS | PS[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/IMPACT | PI[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 AO | PS[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 Coronagraph | PS[52] |
| Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAO | PS[53] | |
| 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot Project | PI[54] | |
| Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIES | PI[55] | |
| Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640 | PI[56] | |
| Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVI | PI[57] | |
| Porco, Carolyn | Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem | PI[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 Finder | PS[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/PCA | PI[72] | |
| Tasca, Lidia | ELT/MOSAIC | PI |
| Tinetti, Giovanna | ARIEL | PI[73] |
| Turtle, Elizabeth | Europa Clipper/EIS | PI[5] |
| Dragonfly | PI[74] | |
| Tuttle, Sarah | Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRS | PS[75][citation needed] |
| HETDEX/VIRUS | Instrument Scientist[75][citation needed] | |
| Vandaele, Ann Carine | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD | PI[76] |
| Wilkes, Belinda | Chandra X-ray Center | Dir[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/IRIS | PS[81] |
| Zuber, Maria | GRAIL | PI[82] |
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