I am a flight director for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. I am also responsible for Monitoring & Trends Analysis. I work within the Development & Operations Group and Science Operations Team of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center (formarly known as the AXAF Science Center or the ASC). The CXC is part of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
My scientific interests include pan-chromatic studies of star formation (X-ray, IR and Radio), star-planet interactions, charge-exchange esspecially in comets and low-energy X-ray spectroscopy.
A.B. 1988 Cornell University
Ph.D. 1996 SUNY Stony Brook
Thesis: Watching the Stars go
`Round and `Round
Thesis advisor: Fred Walter.
I have pictures of the STS-93/Chandra launch
here.
I have some comet pictures
here.
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