Background
Chester, Alan was born on April 14, 1943 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Arrived in Sweden, 1973. Son of Harry and Stella Chester.
Chester, Alan was born on April 14, 1943 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Arrived in Sweden, 1973. Son of Harry and Stella Chester.
Bachelor technical, Loughborough University, 1966. Master of Science, Warwick University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1970.
Beit memorial fellow Lister Institute Preventive Medicine, London, 1970—1973. Research fellow Institute Medical Chemistry Uppsala University, Sweden, 1973—1974. Department Clinical Chemistry University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, 1974—1975, hospital chemist, 1975—1983.
Associate professor Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University, Kuwait City, 1978—1979. Project coordinator BioCarb AB, Lund, 1983—1991. Lab head Blood Centre University Hospital, 1992—1998, quality and development manager, 1998—2007.
Head department transfusion medicine Faculty of Medicine Lund University, 1998—2004. Retired, 2008
Secretary International Glycoconjugate Organization, 1989—2007.
Fellow: Royal Society Chemistry. Member: Bio-chemical Society, International Union Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (associate. Joint commission on biochemistry nomenclature since 1989).
Married Christina Wiman, June 1978.