Megan E. Schwamb (born 1984) is an American astronomer and planetary scientist, and lecturer at Queen's University, Belfast.
[3] Schwamb then held the post of assistant scientist at the Gemini Observatory,[2] before moving to Queen's University, Belfast.
She is a founding science team member for Planet Four, a project intended for mapping seasonal fans on the South Pole of Mars.
[2] She is also part of the science team leading Planet Hunters, a project in which users analyze data from the NASA Kepler Space Mission while searching for exoplanets.
[4] On 13 April 2017, asteroid 11814 Schwamb, discovered by Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in 1981, was named in her honor (M.P.C.