Margaret McMath Chester

Research Associate
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Penn State

Lecturer in Physics
Bucknell University

Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State, 1991


Contact Information:

Office: 443 Davey Lab
Mailing Address: 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802
Office Phone: (814) 863-7260
Home Phone: (814) 422-8619
FAX: (814) 863-8686
email: chester@astro.psu.edu


Research Interests:

Astronomical instrumentation; Extragalactic astronomy; radio and X-ray observations of active galaxies (quasars, BL Lacs)


Current Projects Include:

We've just completed the final Concept Study for the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Observatory, a three-telescope observatory we've proposed (with colleagues from Goddard Space Flight Center, the UK and Italy) for NASA's MIDEX program. See Swift's home page for more information.


Professional Biography

Last updated August 24, 1999
Web page by Marg Chester ( chester@astro.psu.edu )
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Penn State University