List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects
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 | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRON | co-PI[21] |
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Villnius University Echelle Spectrograph | co-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/PLASTIC | PI[27] |
Garcia Marin, Macarena | JWST | PS (STScI) |
Glesener, Lindsay | FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3 | PI[28] |
Hamden, Erika | Aspera | Deputy-PI[29] |
Hammel, Heidi | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | Dir (Executive VP) |
Harra, Louise | Solar Orbiter/EUI | co-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-NIRSP | Instrument scientist[34] |
Kasliwal, Mansi | GROWTH | PI[35] |
Palomar Gattini-IR | co-PI[36] | |
WINTER | co-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-V | Director[39] |
Kucera, Therese (Terry) | STEREO | PS[40] |
Lagrange, Anne-Marie | Very Large Telescope/NAOS | PS[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/IMPACT | PI[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 AO | PS[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 Coronagraph | PS[55] |
Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAO | PS[56] | |
3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot Project | PI[57] | |
Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIES | PI[58] | |
Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640 | PI[59] | |
Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVI | PI[60] | |
Porco, Carolyn | Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem | PI[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 Finder | PS[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/PCA | PI[75] | |
Tasca, Lidia | ELT/MOSAIC | PI |
Tinetti, Giovanna | ARIEL | PI[76] |
Turtle, Elizabeth | Europa Clipper/EIS | PI[5] |
Dragonfly | PI[77] | |
Tuttle, Sarah | Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRS | PS[78][citation needed] |
HETDEX/VIRUS | Instrument Scientist[78][citation needed] | |
Vandaele, Ann Carine | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD | PI[79] |
Wilkes, Belinda | Chandra X-ray Center | Dir[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/IRIS | PS[84] |
Keck/Liger | PI[85] | |
Zuber, Maria | GRAIL | PI[86] |
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