Emily V. Fischer

Early life and education Fischer was born in Rhode Island. She was drawn into atmospheric science when, at age eleven, Hurricane Bob hit her home state in August 1991; blown away by nature's phenomenon, she called her local meteorologist to ask "what made wind".

After a year at Colby College, she transferred to the University of British Columbia, where she graduated with a B.S. in Atmospheric Science in 2002. In 2004, she earned M.S. in Earth Sciences from the University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Career and research Following her PhD research in 2011, Fischer became a NOAA Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Her most notable work was done on the Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen (WE-CAN) project. The goal of the project was to study both the chemical make-up and travel of compounds produced by wildfires. Additionally the project pioneered a satellite technique for measuring PAN that now gives scientists a panoramic perspective.

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Awards and honors

In 2019, Fischer received the James. B Macelwane medal from the American Geophysical Union In 2019, she was chosen by students in the CSU Atmospheric Science Department as professor of the Year. In 2018 Fischer received the CSU Graduate Advising and Mentorship Award. 2011-2013 she was a NOAA Climate and Global Change and a Harvard Center for the Environment Fellow.