List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects explained

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, AbigailPerseverance/PIXLPI[1]
Bernstein, RebeccaGiant Magellan TelescopePS[2]
Baglin, AnnieCoRoTPI[3]
Batalha, NatalieKepler Space TelescopeDPI, PS[4]
Blaney, DianaEuropa Clipper/MISEPI[5]
Blum, LaurenGTOSatPI[6]
Branduardi-Raymont, GraziellaSMILEPI (Eur)[7]
Bright, StaceyJWSTDeputy PS (STScI)
Bunce, EmmaBepiColombo/MIXSPI[8]
Cesarsky, CatherineISO/ISOCAMPI[9]
Ciarletti, ValérieRosalind Franklin/WISDOMPI[10]
Cohen, JudithKeck/LRISPI[11]
Cohen, JudithKeck/MAGIQPS
Curry, ShannonMAVENPI[12]
De Sanctis, Maria CristinaRosalind Franklin/MA_MISSPI[13]
Dehant, VéroniqueKazachok/LaRaPI[14]
Dempsey, JessicaASTRONDir[15]
Dotson, JessieKepler K2PS[16]
Dougherty, MicheleCassini magnetometer, JUICE's J-MAGPI[17]
Elkins-Tanton, LindyPsychePI[18]
Enos, HeatherOSIRIS-RExDeputy PI[19]
Faber, SandraKeck/DEIMOSPI[20]
Ferrarese, LauraGemini ObservatoryDir[21]
Fischer, DebraCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRONco-PI[22]
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Villnius University Echelle Spectrograph co-PI [23]
Lowell Discovery Telescope / EXPRESco-PI[24] [25]
Fox, NickyParker Solar ProbePS (US)[26]
Freedman, WendyGiant Magellan TelescopeDir (former)
Froning, CynthiaHubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins SpectrographPS[27]
Galvin, ToniSTEREO/PLASTICPI[28]
Garcia Marin, MacarenaJWSTPS (STScI)
Glesener, LindsayFOXSI Sounding Rocket-3PI[29]
Hamden, ErikaAsperaDeputy-PI[30]
Hammel, HeidiAssociation of Universities for Research in AstronomyDir (Executive VP)
Harra, LouiseSolar Orbiter/EUIco-PI[31]
Harrison, FionaNuSTARPI[32]
Heras, AnaPLATOESA PS[33]
Isaak, KateCHEOPSPS[34]
Jaeggli, SarahDaniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope/DL-NIRSPInstrument scientist[35]
Kasliwal, MansiGROWTHPI[36]
Palomar Gattini-IRco-PI[37]
WINTERco-PI
Johnson, JenniferMilky Way Mapper (Survey in Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V)PI[38]
Johnston-Hollitt, MelanieMurchison Widefield ArrayDir (former)[39]
Kollmeier, JunaSloan Digital Sky Survey-VDirector[40]
Kucera, Therese (Terry)STEREOPS[41]
Lagrange, Anne-MarieVery Large Telescope/NAOSPS[42]
Le, GuanGeotailPS (US)[43]
Lepri, SusanSolar Orbiter/Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS)PI[44]
Lotz, JenniferGemini Observatory (Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute from Feb 2024)Dir[45]
Lu, JessicaKeck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA)PS[46]
Luetzgendorf, NoraLISAESA PS [47]
STEREO/IMPACTPI[48]
Mainzer, AmyNEOWISEPI[49]
Marcum, PamelaSOFIAPS[50]
Marshall, JenniferMaunaKea Spectroscopic ExplorerPS[51]
Matthews, SarahHinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS)PI (UK)[52]
Max, ClaireKeck/Next Gen AOPS[53]
McEnery, JulieFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopePS[54]
Mundell, CaroleRINGO2Director of Science, European Space Agency (from 2023)PI
O'Neill, KarenGreen Bank TelescopeDir[55]
Oppenheimer, RebeccaPalomar Observatory/JHU Adaptive Optics CoronagraphPS[56]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAOPS[57]
3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot ProjectPI[58]
Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIESPI[59]
Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640PI[60]
Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVIPI[61]
Porco, CarolynCassini Imaging Science SubsystemPI[62]
Ramsay, SuzanneELTELT Instrumentation Project Manager (ESO)
Rangwala, NaseemPS[63]
Rank-Lueftinger, TheresaARIELESA PS[64]
PLATOPI[65]
Raymond, CarolEuropa Clipper/ICEMAG (cancelled)PI
Reeves, KathyHinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT)PS (US)[66]
Rigby, JaneJWSTPS (NASA)
Rieke, MarciaHubble Space Telescope/NICMOSDeputy PI[67]
JWST/NIRCamPI
Roy, ArpitaKeck/Keck Planet FinderPS[68]
Rudie, GwenMIRMOSPS[69]
Savage, SabrinaHinodePS (US)[70]
Seager, SaraASTERIAPI[71]
Seetha, SomasundaramAstrosatPI[72]
Shkolnik, EvgenyaSPARCSPI[73]
Spilker, LindaCassiniPS[74]
Staggs, SuzanneAdvanced ACTpolPI[75]
Stofan, EllenTitan Mare ExplorerPI
Straume-Lindner, Anne GreteEnVisionESA PS
Swank, JeanRXTEPS[76]
RXTE/PCAPI
Tasca, LidiaELT/MOSAICPI
Tinetti, GiovannaARIELPI[77]
Turtle, ElizabethEuropa Clipper/EISPI
DragonflyPI[78]
Tuttle, SarahHobby-Eberly Telescope/LRSPS[79]
HETDEX/VIRUSInstrument Scientist
Vandaele, Ann CarineExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMADPI[80]
Wilkes, BelindaChandra X-ray CenterDir[81]
Winebarger, AmyHi-C sounding rocket (3rd launch)PI[82]
Wiseman, JenniferHubble Space TelescopeSPS[83]
Wright, GillianJWST/MIRIPI (Eur)[84]
Wright, ShelleyTMT/IRISPS[85]
Keck/LigerPI[86]
Zuber, MariaGRAILPI[87]

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: CoRoT mission contacts. 24 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Kepler Scientist on Time Magazine's Most Influential List. 19 April 2017.
  5. Web site: The Europa Mission Science Team. Tony. Greicius. 19 January 2016.
  6. Web site: New Spacecraft Baselined for Small Satellite Bound for Van Allen Belts. Rob. Garner. 30 April 2018.
  7. Web site: SMILE. mssl.ucl.ac.uk.
  8. Web site: Professor Emma Bunce — University of Leicester. tk74. www2.le.ac.uk.
  9. Web site: Dr. Catherine Cesarsky. eso.org.
  10. Web site: The ExoMars Rover Instrument Suite. exploration.esa.int.
  11. Web site: CV: Judith Gamora Cohen . astro.caltech.edu.
  12. Web site: Gran. Rani. September 10, 2021. NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader.
  13. Web site: The ExoMars Rover Instrument Suite. exploration.esa.int.
  14. Web site: Dehant Véronique - Home Page - CV. homepage.oma.be.
  15. Web site: Jessica Dempsey appointed director of ASTRON.
  16. Web site: Jessie Dotson. Yael. Kovo. 18 October 2016.
  17. Web site: Top scientists receive Royal Society Research Professorships to fund long-term UK research - Royal Society. royalsociety.org.
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  19. Web site: Team List - OSIRIS-REx Mission.
  20. Web site: DEIMOS (DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph) . keck.hawaii.edu.
  21. Web site: Dr. Laura Ferrarese Appointed Interim Director of Gemini Observatory. 2 June 2017.
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  23. Design and Construction of VUES: The Vilnius University Echelle Spectrograph . 2016JAI.....550003J . Jurgenson . Colby . Fischer . Debra . McCracken . Tyler . Sawyer . David . Giguere . Matt . Szymkowiak . Andrew . Santoro . Fernando . Muller . Gary . Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation . 2016 . 5 . 2 . 1650003–1650239 . 10.1142/S2251171716500033 . 1601.06024 .
  24. EXPRES: a next generation RV spectrograph in the search for earth-like worlds. 2016SPIE.9908E..6TJ . Jurgenson . C. . Fischer . D. . McCracken . T. . Sawyer . D. . Szymkowiak . A. . Davis . A. . Muller . G. . Santoro . F. . Christopher J. . Luc . Hideki . Evans . Simard . Takami . Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI . 2016 . 9908 . 99086T . 10.1117/12.2233002 . 1606.04413 .
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  26. Web site: Nicky Fox. multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu.
  27. Web site: Instrumentation. as.utexas.edu.
  28. Web site: STEREO - Plastic at the University of New Hampshire. stereo.sr.unh.edu.
  29. Web site: Meet Our Team - FOXSI. foxsi.umn.edu.
  30. Web site: Aspera Press Release. news.arizona.edu.
  31. Web site: Louise Harra's homepage. mssl.ucl.ac.uk.
  32. Web site: Caltech Astronomy. astro.caltech.edu.
  33. Web site: ESA PLATO Project Scientist. cosmos.esa.int.
  34. Web site: Who is Who in CHEOPS - Cosmos. cosmos.esa.int.
  35. Web site: 3.4.1 DL-NIRSP - DKIST. dkist.nso.edu.
  36. Web site: GROWTH Team. growth.caltech.edu.
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  39. Web site: Murchison Widefield Array . mwatelescop.org. 8 March 2024 .
  40. Web site: SDSS-V. sdss.org.
  41. Web site: Bio - Therese Ann Kucera. science.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  42. Web site: Sharpest Ever VLT images NAOS-CONICA "First Light".
  43. Web site: NASA Polar, Wind, and Geotail Projects. pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  44. Web site: Susan T. Lepri, Associate Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan, College of Engineering. clasp.engin.umich.edu.
  45. Web site: Dr. Jennifer Lotz Appointed Gemini Observatory Director. aura-astronomy.org. 6 September 2018.
  46. Web site: Prof. Jessica R. Lu - Project Scientist. keckao.github.io.
  47. https://www.linkedin.com/in/noraluetzgendorf
  48. Web site: Dr. Janet G. Luhmann - Science Mission Directorate. science.nasa.gov.
  49. Web site: The NEOWISE Project. neowise.ipac.caltech.edu.
  50. Web site: Pamela Marcum - SOFIA Science Team.
  51. Web site: Jennifer Marshall appointed as new MSE Project Scientist – MSE. en-US. 2019-08-21.
  52. Web site: 13 May 2019. Change of UK Hinode EIS PI. UK Solar Physics.
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  54. Web site: Julie McEnery - Fermi Project Scientist and Astrophysicist. NASA Content. Administrator. 16 October 2017.
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  57. Web site: PALAO.
  58. Web site: The Lyot Project.
  59. Web site: GPI.
  60. Web site: P1640.
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  62. Web site: Cassini, The Team.
  63. Web site: SOFIA Science and Management Team.
  64. Web site: Theresa Rank-Lueftinger homepage.
  65. Web site: The PLATO 2.0 MISSION Consortium Lead. oact.inaf.it.
  66. Web site: XRT: Contact. xrt.cfa.harvard.edu.
  67. Web site: The James Webb Space Telescope. jwst.nasa.gov.
  68. Web site: KPF Team – Howard Group.
  69. Web site: Overview . 2023-05-05 . MIRMOS . en-US.
  70. Web site: Hinode (Solar-B).
  71. Web site: Sara Seager. seagerexoplanets.mit.edu.
  72. Web site: Contacts - astrosat. astrosat.iucaa.in.
  73. Web site: SPARCS. Evgenya Shkolnik.
  74. Web site: Science - Asteroids, Comets & Satellites (3224): People: Linda Spilker. Linda. Spilker. science.jpl.nasa.gov.
  75. Web site: Suzanne T. Staggs - Department of Physics. phy.princeton.edu.
  76. Web site: Dr. Jean H. Swank. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  77. Web site: UCL to lead European mission to study new planets. ucl.ac.uk. 20 March 2018 .
  78. Web site: Dragonfly.
  79. Web site: Sarah Tuttle. Sarah Tuttle.
  80. Web site: ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Instruments. exploration.esa.int. 28 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160219211336/http://exploration.esa.int/mars/48523-trace-gas-orbiter-instruments/. 19 February 2016. dead.
  81. Web site: Dr. Belinda Wilkes Chosen to Lead the Chandra X-ray Center. Brooke. Boen. 18 March 2014.
  82. Web site: NASA's Hi-C Launches to Study Sun's Corona. William. Bryan. 4 June 2018.
  83. Web site: Dr. Jennifer J. Wiseman - Hubble Senior Project Scientist. hubblesite.org/. 21 January 2016 .
  84. Web site: The James Webb Space Telescope. jwst.nasa.gov.
  85. Web site: IRIS Home Page. irlab.astro.ucla.edu.
  86. Web site: Liger Home Page. oirlab.ucsd.edu.
  87. Web site: GRAIL - Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory. moon.mit.edu.

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