Margaret McMath Chester, Research Associate

Professional Biography

Education

• 1991, Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: Lawrence W. Ramsey.
• 1976, A.B. Physics & Astronomy (Magna Cum Laude), Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA). Advisor: Helen Dodson Prince, McMath-Hulbert Observatory (University of Michigan).

Teaching and Service

• 1999-present, Research Associate, Penn State.
• 1994-1999, Visiting Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Physics, Bucknell University.
• 1994, Instructor for Introductory Astronomy, Penn State.
• 1992-1996, PI and Program Director, Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NSF-sponsored Site Program), Penn State.
• 1992-3, Research Associate, Penn State.
• 1991, Teaching Assistant, Soviet-American Astronomy Camp, Penn State.
• 1986-1988, Assistant Editor, The Astronomy Quarterly.

Publications

Extragalactic studies

• Murray, C.A. and Chester, M.M. 1998, "Morphological Selection of AGN Host Galaxy Candidates: Host Dominance and Radio Properties," B.A.A.S., 30, 1411.
• Brinkmann, W., Chester, M., Kollgaard, R., Feigelson, E., Voges, W., and Hertz, P. 1998, "Radio-Loud ROSAT Sources Near the North Ecliptic Pole," Astron.Astrophys.Suppl., in press.
• Boos, W.R., Chester, M.M., and Usher, P.D. 1996, "Semi-Empirical Definition of the Galaxy-Quasar Transition Zone for 1.2m Schmidt Cameras," B.A.A.S., 28, 1321.
• Kollgaard, R.I., Brinkmann, W., Chester, M.M., Feigelson, E.D., Hertz, P., Reich, P., and Wielebinski, R. 1994, "A Sensitive 1.5 GHz Radio Survey around the North Ecliptic Pole," Ap. J. Suppl., 93, 145.

Instrumentation and Solar-Stellar Studies

• Chester, M.M., Hall, J.C., and Buzasi, D.L. 1994, "Evidence for Physically Distinct Source Regions for Balmer and Ca II Excess Emission in RS CVn Binaries," in The Eighth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, ed. J.P. Caillault, P.A.S.P. Conference Series Vol. 64, 390.
• Hall, J.C., Huenemoerder, D.P., Ramsey, L.W., Patterer, R.J., and Chester, M.M. 1991, "Fixed Phase Observations of RS CVn Stars," B.A.A.S. 22, 1292.
• Chester, M.M. 1991, "Testing the Solar Paradigm for Chromospheric Activity in RS CVn Binaries: Moderate Resolution Spectroscopy of Solar Active Regions," B.A.A.S. 22, 1199.
• Chester, M.M. 1989, "Solar Activity on RS CVn Stars: An Integrated Approach," B.A.A.S. 21, 747.