# 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 |
| Bernstein, Rebecca | Giant Magellan Telescope | PS |
| Baglin, Annie | CoRoT | PI |
| Batalha, Natalie | Kepler Space Telescope | DPI, PS |
| Blaney, Diana | Europa Clipper/MISE | PI |
| Blum, Lauren | GTOSat | PI |
| Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella | SMILE | PI (Eur) |
| Bright, Stacey | JWST | Deputy PS (STScI) |
| Bunce, Emma | BepiColombo/MIXS | PI |
| Cesarsky, Catherine | ISO/ISOCAM | PI |
| Ciarletti, Valérie | Rosalind Franklin/WISDOM | PI |
| Cohen, Judith | Keck/LRIS | PI |
| Cohen, Judith | Keck/MAGIQ | PS |
| Curry, Shannon | MAVEN | PI |
| De Sanctis, Maria Cristina | Rosalind Franklin/MA_MISS | PI |
| Dehant, Véronique | Kazachok/LaRa | PI |
| Dempsey, Jessica | ASTRON | Dir |
| Dotson, Jessie | Kepler K2 | PS |
| Dougherty, Michele | Cassini magnetometer, JUICE's J-MAG | PI |
| Elkins-Tanton, Lindy | Psyche | PI |
| Enos, Heather | OSIRIS-REx | Deputy PI |
| Faber, Sandra | Keck/DEIMOS | PI |
| Ferrarese, Laura | Gemini Observatory | Dir |
| Fischer, Debra | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / CHIRON | co-PI |
| Fischer, Debra | Molėtai Astronomical Observatory / Vilnius University Echelle Spectrograph | co-PI |
| Fischer, Debra | Lowell Discovery Telescope / EXPRES | co-PI |
| Fox, Nicky | Parker Solar Probe | PS (US) |
| Freedman, Wendy | Giant Magellan Telescope | Dir (former) |
| Froning, Cynthia | Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph | PS |
| Galvin, Toni | STEREO/PLASTIC | PI |
| Garcia Marin, Macarena | JWST | PS (STScI) |
| Glesener, Lindsay | FOXSI Sounding Rocket-3 | PI |
| Hamden, Erika | Aspera | Deputy-PI |
| Hammel, Heidi | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | Dir (Executive VP) |
| Harra, Louise | Solar Orbiter/EUI | co-PI |
| Harrison, Fiona | NuSTAR | PI |
| Heras, Ana | PLATO | ESA PS |
| Isaak, Kate | CHEOPS | PS |
| Jaeggli, Sarah | Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope/DL-NIRSP | Instrument scientist |
| Kasliwal, Mansi | GROWTH | PI |
| Kasliwal, Mansi | Palomar Gattini-IR | co-PI |
| Kasliwal, Mansi | WINTER | co-PI |
| Johnson, Jennifer | Milky Way Mapper (Survey in Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V) | PI |
| Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie | Murchison Widefield Array | Dir (former) |
| Kollmeier, Juna | Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V | Director |
| Kucera, Therese (Terry) | STEREO | PS |
| Lagrange, Anne-Marie | Very Large Telescope/NAOS | PS |
| Le, Guan | Geotail | PS (US) |
| Lepri, Susan | Solar Orbiter/Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS) | PI |
| Lotz, Jennifer | Gemini Observatory (Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute from Feb 2024) | Dir |
| Lu, Jessica | Keck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA) | PS |
| Luetzgendorf, Nora | LISA | ESA PS |
| Luhmann, Janet | STEREO/IMPACT | PI |
| Mainzer, Amy | NEOWISE | PI |
| Marcum, Pamela | SOFIA | PS |
| Marshall, Jennifer | MaunaKea Spectroscopic Explorer | PS |
| Matthews, Sarah | Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) | PI (UK) |
| Max, Claire | Keck/Next Gen AO | PS |
| McEnery, Julie | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope | PS |
| Mundell, Carole | RINGO2 Director of Science, European Space Agency (from 2023) | PI |
| O'Neill, Karen | Green Bank Telescope | Dir |
| Oppenheimer, Rebecca | Palomar Observatory/JHU Adaptive Optics Coronagraph | PS |
| Oppenheimer, Rebecca | Hale Telescope/Palomar Adaptive Optics System, PALAO | PS |
| Oppenheimer, Rebecca | 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope/The Lyot Project | PI |
| Oppenheimer, Rebecca | Gemini South Telescope/Gemini Planet Imager, GPI/GPIES | PI |
| Oppenheimer, Rebecca | Hale Telescope/Project 1640, P1640 | PI |
| Oppenheimer, Rebecca | Hale Telescope/Palomar Advanced Radial Velocity Instrument, PARVI | PI |
| Pelló, Roser | ELT/MOSAIC | PI |
| Porco, Carolyn | Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem | PI |
| Ramsay, Suzanne | ELT | ELT Instrumentation Project Manager (ESO) |
| Rangwala, Naseem | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy | PS |
| Rank-Lueftinger, Theresa | ARIEL | ESA PS |
| Rauer, Heike | PLATO | PI |
| Raymond, Carol | Europa Clipper/ICEMAG (cancelled) | PI |
| Reeves, Kathy | Hinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT) | PS (US) |
| Rigby, Jane | JWST | PS (NASA) |
| Rieke, Marcia | Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS | Deputy PI |
| Rieke, Marcia | JWST/NIRCam | PI |
| Roy, Arpita | Keck/Keck Planet Finder | PS |
| Rudie, Gwen | MIRMOS | PS |
| Savage, Sabrina | Hinode | PS (US) |
| Seager, Sara | ASTERIA | PI |
| Seetha, Somasundaram | Astrosat | PI |
| Shkolnik, Evgenya | SPARCS | PI |
| Spilker, Linda | Cassini | PS |
| Staggs, Suzanne | Advanced ACTpol | PI |
| Stofan, Ellen | Titan Mare Explorer | PI |
| Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete | EnVision | ESA PS |
| Swank, Jean | RXTE | PS |
| Swank, Jean | RXTE/PCA | PI |
| Tasca, Lidia | ELT/MOSAIC | PI |
| Tinetti, Giovanna | ARIEL | PI |
| Turtle, Elizabeth | Europa Clipper/EIS | PI |
| Turtle, Elizabeth | Dragonfly | PI |
| Tuttle, Sarah | Hobby-Eberly Telescope/LRS | PS |
| Tuttle, Sarah | HETDEX/VIRUS | Instrument Scientist |
| Vandaele, Ann Carine | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD | PI |
| Wilkes, Belinda | Chandra X-ray Center | Dir |
| Winebarger, Amy | Hi-C sounding rocket (3rd launch) | PI |
| Wiseman, Jennifer | Hubble Space Telescope | SPS |
| Wright, Gillian | JWST/MIRI | PI (Eur) |
| Wright, Shelley | TMT/IRIS | PS |
| Wright, Shelley | Keck/Liger | PI |
| Zuber, Maria | GRAIL | PI |