Dani LeBlanc

Director, Immersive Theaters and Programs at Museum of Science

As the inaugural director of the Center for Space Sciences, Danielle LeBlanc brings more than 20 years of experience as a science educator and producer.

She currently serves as the director of Immersive Theaters and Programs at the Museum, and leads the strategic programming and vision for the Charles Hayden Planetarium. She has partnered with industry colleagues, university and government researchers, and other outside collaborators to position the Planetarium as a leading venue for accessible educational content and innovative experiences that push the medium across the boundaries of science, art, and technology.

Since the Planetarium’s conversion to digital technology in 2010, Ms. LeBlanc has written, produced, and/or directed five full-dome releases: Undiscovered Worlds: The Search Beyond Our Sun (2011); Moons: Worlds of Mystery (2012); From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA (2014); Destination Mars: The New Frontier (2019); and God, Science, and Our Search for Meaning (2022), a collaboration with bestselling author Dan Brown. Together, these shows have been licensed by hundreds of venues across five continents, translated into dozens of languages, and screened at full-dome festivals worldwide. She has been awarded and served as principal investigator and co-PI on a number of federally funded projects, including Project EVOLVE, which led the Museum to create curricula-based astronomy and space science remote learning products for students in grades 3-8.

Ms. LeBlanc currently sits on the Advisory Council for Immersive Media Entertainment, Research, Science & Arts; since 2019, she has also served as co-chair for the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee for the International Planetarium Society, the largest organization of planetarium professionals in the world. She received her BA in astronomy and physics from Boston University.