Beth Willman

Interim Director, NSF NOIRLab

Beth Willman is a leader in the science and management of ground-based astronomy facilities. Most recently she was the CEO of the LSST Discovery Alliance. Previously, Beth Willman was a member of AURA leadership as NOIRLab Deputy Director, the first Project Director for the US Extremely Large Telescope Program, and as the Deputy Director of the Rubin Observatory construction project. Willman earned a BS in Astrophysics from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Washington and has held prize fellowships at the NYU Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard-Smithsonian. Her primary scientific focus has been near-field cosmology, the detailed study of the nearby universe.