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]
Anderson, Teresa	Jodrell Bank Observatory	Dirs[2]
Bernstein, Rebecca	Giant Magellan Telescope	PS[3]
Baglin, Annie	CoRoT	PI[4]
Batalha, Natalie	Kepler Space Telescope	DPI, PS[5]
Blaney, Diana	Europa Clipper/MISE	PI[6]
Blum, Lauren	GTOSat	PI[7]
Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella	SMILE	PI (Eur)[8]
Bright, Stacey	JWST	Deputy PS (STScI)
Bunce, Emma	BepiColombo/MIXS	PI[9]
Cesarsky, Catherine	ISO/ISOCAM	PI[10]
Ciarletti, Valérie	Rosalind Franklin/WISDOM	PI[11]
Cohen, Judith	Keck/LRIS	PI[12]
Cohen, Judith	Keck/MAGIQ	PS[12]
Curry, Shannon	MAVEN	PI[13]
Daubar, Ingrid Justine	MRO/HiRISE	Deputy PI[14]
De Sanctis, Maria Cristina	Rosalind Franklin/MA_MISS	PI[15]
Dehant, Véronique	Kazachok/LaRa	PI[16]
de Laurentis, Mariafelicia	Event Horizon Telescope	PS[17]
Dempsey, Jessica	ASTRON	Dir[18]
Dodd, Suzanne	JPL's Interplanetary Network Directorate	Dir[19]
Dotson, Jessie	Kepler K2	PS[20]
Dougherty, Michele	Cassini magnetometer, JUICE's J-MAG	PI[21]
Elkins-Tanton, Lindy	Psyche	PI[22]
Enos, Heather	OSIRIS-REx	Deputy PI[23]
Faber, Sandra	Keck/DEIMOS	PI[24]
Ferrarese, Laura	Gemini Observatory	Dir[25]
Fischer, Debra	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRON	co-PI[26]
	Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Vilnius University Echelle Spectrograph	co-PI [27]
	Lowell Discovery Telescope / EXPRES	co-PI[28][29]
Fox, Nicky	Parker Solar Probe	PS (US)[30]
Freedman, Wendy	Giant Magellan Telescope	Dir (former)
Froning, Cynthia	Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph	PS[31]
Galvin, Toni	STEREO/PLASTIC	PI[32]
Garcia Marin, Macarena	JWST	PS (STScI)
Glesener, Lindsay	FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3	PI[33]
Hamden, Erika	Aspera	Deputy-PI[34]
Hammel, Heidi	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy	Dir (Executive VP)
Harra, Louise	Solar Orbiter/EUI	co-PI[35]
Harrison, Fiona	NuSTAR	PI[36]
Heras, Ana	PLATO	ESA PS[37]
Isaak, Kate	CHEOPS	PS[38]
Jaeggli, Sarah	Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope/DL-NIRSP	Instrument scientist[39]
Kasliwal, Mansi	GROWTH	PI[40]
	Palomar Gattini-IR	co-PI[41]
	WINTER	co-PI[41]
Johnson, Jennifer	Milky Way Mapper (Survey in Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V)	PI[42]
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie	Murchison Widefield Array	Dir (former)[43]
Kollmeier, Juna	Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V	Director[44]
Kucera, Therese (Terry)	STEREO	PS[45]
Lagrange, Anne-Marie	Very Large Telescope/NAOS	PS[46]
Le, Guan	Geotail	PS (US)[47]
Lepri, Susan	Solar Orbiter/Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS)	PI[48]
Lotz, Jennifer	Gemini Observatory (Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute from Feb 2024)	Dir[49]
Lu, Jessica	Keck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA)	PS[50]
Luetzgendorf, Nora	LISA	ESA PS [51]
Luhmann, Janet	STEREO/IMPACT	PI[52]
Mainzer, Amy	NEOWISE	PI[53]
Marcum, Pamela	SOFIA	PS[54]
Marshall, Jennifer	MaunaKea Spectroscopic Explorer	PS[55]
Matthews, Sarah	Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS)	PI (UK)[56]
Max, Claire	Keck/Next Gen AO	PS[57]
McEnery, Julie	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope	PS[58]
Mundell, Carole	RINGO2 Director of Science, European Space Agency (from 2023)	PI
O'Neill, Karen	Green Bank Telescope	Dir[59]
Oppenheimer, Rebecca	Palomar Observatory/JHU Adaptive Optics Coronagraph	PS[60]
	Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAO	PS[61]
	3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot Project	PI[62]
	Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIES	PI[63]
	Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640	PI[64]
	Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVI	PI[65]
Pelló, Roser	ELT/MOSAIC	PI[66]
Porco, Carolyn	Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem	PI[67]
Ramsay, Suzanne	ELT	ELT Instrumentation Project Manager (ESO)
Rangwala, Naseem	Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy	PS[68]
Rank-Lueftinger, Theresa	ARIEL	ESA PS[69]
Rauer, Heike	PLATO	PI[70]
Raymond, Carol	Europa Clipper/ICEMAG (cancelled)	PI[6]
Reeves, Kathy	Hinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT)	PS (US)[71]
Rigby, Jane	JWST	PS (NASA)
Rieke, Marcia	Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS	Deputy PI[72]
	JWST/NIRCam	PI[72]
Roy, Arpita	Keck/Keck Planet Finder	PS[73]
Rudie, Gwen	MIRMOS	PS[74]
Savage, Sabrina	Hinode	PS (US)[75]
Seager, Sara	ASTERIA	PI[76]
Seetha, Somasundaram	Astrosat	PI[77]
Shkolnik, Evgenya	SPARCS	PI[78]
Spilker, Linda	Cassini	PS[79]
	Voyager program	PS[80]
Staggs, Suzanne	Advanced ACTpol	PI[81]
Stofan, Ellen	Titan Mare Explorer	PI
Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete	EnVision	ESA PS
Swank, Jean	RXTE	PS[82]
	RXTE/PCA	PI[82]
Tasca, Lidia	ELT/MOSAIC	PI
Tinetti, Giovanna	ARIEL	PI[83]
Turtle, Elizabeth	Europa Clipper/EIS	PI[6]
	Dragonfly	PI[84]
Tuttle, Sarah	Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRS	PS[85][citation needed]
	HETDEX/VIRUS	Instrument Scientist[85][citation needed]
Vandaele, Ann Carine	ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD	PI[86]
Wilkes, Belinda	Chandra X-ray Center	Dir[87]
Winebarger, Amy	Hi-C sounding rocket (3rd launch)	PI[88]
Wiseman, Jennifer	Hubble Space Telescope	SPS[89]
Wright, Gillian	JWST/MIRI	PI (Eur)[90]
Wright, Shelley	TMT/IRIS	PS[91]
	Keck/Liger	PI[92]
Zuber, Maria	GRAIL	PI[93]