Jean Swank

Jean Swank

Jean H. Swank is the project scientist for NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer mission. She currently works out of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. Dr. Swank received her PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1967 under the supervision of professor Steve Frautschi.

She was awarded the Bruno Rossi Prize in 1999.


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