Dr. Dougherty, professor of physics at Imperial College London, is the first-woman to be appointed Astronomer Royal since the position was created 350 years ago. She is renowned for leading two major uncrewed space missions to Saturn and Jupiter.
Alice P. Gast, the 13th president of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has announced that she will step down this July and will accept the presidency of Imperial College London. She will be the institution's first woman president.