Jenny A. Fisher

EDUCATION

Harvard University (2006 - present)
S.M. Engineering Sciences, March 2009
Ph.D. Candidate, Earth and Planetary Sciences, expected 2011

California Institute of Technology (2001 - 2005)
B.S. Planetary Science with Honors, June 2005

University College London (Fall 2004)
Exchange Student, Physics and Astronomy

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Harvard University (September 2006 - present)
Research Topic: Sources and transport of Arctic air pollution
Advisor: Prof. Daniel J. Jacob, Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group

Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology (June - August, 2006)
Research Topic: Two-dimensional modeling of the effect of thermobaricity on ocean circulation
Advisor: Prof. Andrew P. Ingersoll, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Undergraduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology (January - June, 2005)
Research Topic: Wind tunnel measurements of wind speeds necessary for pollen entrainment
Advisor: Prof. Richard Flagan, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology (June - December, 2002)
Research Topic: Geographical and temporal distribution of Martian dust devils
Advisor: Prof. Mark I. Richardson, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Research and Senior Thesis Mentor (2008 - 2009)
Thesis title: The Interannual Variability of Carbon Monoxide Transport Pathways to the Arctic
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard, Cambridge, MA

Teaching Fellow, Environmental Policy (ESPP 10) (September - December, 2008 )
Department of Earth Science and Public Policy, Harvard, Cambridge, MA

Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Environmental Science (EPS 5) (September - December, 2007)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard, Cambridge, MA

Instructor, BioMedical Admissions Test (August - December, 2005)
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, London, United Kingdom

Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals of Planetary Surfaces (Ge151a) (April - June, 2004)
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA

Senior Counselor, Lac du Bois French Immersion Village (July - August, 2003; July - August, 2004)
Concordia Language Villages, Bemidji, MN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

English Language Scientific Editor, American Journal Experts (April 2008 - present)
Managing editor: Kurt Spurlock

Geoscience and Public Policy Intern, American Geological Institute (January - May, 2006)
Director: Dr. Linda Rowan, Government Affairs Program

PUBLICATIONS

Fisher, J.A., D.J. Jacob, M.T. Purdy, M. Kopacz, P. Le Sager, C. Carouge, C.D. Holmes, R.M. Yantosca, R.L.
Batchelor, K. Strong, G.S. Diskin, H.E. Fuelberg, J.S. Holloway, E.J. Hyer, W.W. McMillan, J. Warner, D.G. Streets,
Q. Zhang, Y. Wang, S. Wu. Source attribution and interannual variability of Arctic pollution in spring constrained by
aircraft (ARCTAS, ARCPAC) and satellite (AIRS) observations of carbon monoxide. Atmospheric Chemistry
and Physics Discussions, 9, 19035-19080.

Kopacz, M., D.J. Jacob, J.A. Fisher, J.A. Logan, L. Zhang, I.A. Megretskaia, R.M. Yantosca, K. Singh, D.K.
Henze, J.P. Burrows, M. Buchwitz, I. Khlystova, W.W. McMillan, J.C. Gille, D.P. Edwards, A. Eldering, V. Thouret,
P. Nedelec. Global estimates of CO sources with high resolution by adjoint inversion of multiple satellite datasets
(MOPITT, AIRS, SCIAMACHY, TES). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 9, 19967-20018.

Jacob, D.J., J.H. Crawford, H. Maring, A.C. Clarke, J.E. Dibb, R.A. Ferrare, C.A. Hostetler, P.B. Russell, H.B.
Singh, A.M. Thompson, G.E. Shaw, E. McCauley, J.R. Pederson, and J.A. Fisher. (2009) The ARCTAS aircraft
mission: design and execution. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 9, 17073-17123.

Wang, H. and J.A. Fisher. (2009) North Polar Frontal Clouds and Dust Storms during Spring and Summer.
Icarus, 204 (1): 103-113.

Wang, H., D.J. Jacob, M. Kopacz, D.B.A. Jones, P. Suntharalingham, J.A. Fisher, R. Nassar, and S. Pawson.
(2009) Error correlation between CO2 and CO as constraint for CO2 flux inversions using satellite data.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 9, 7313-7323.

Tanimoto, H., K. Sato, T. Butler, M.G. Lawrence, J.A. Fisher, M. Kopacz, R.M. Yantosca, Y. Kanaya, S. Kato,
T. Okuda, S. Tanaka, and J. Zeng. (2009) Exploring CO pollution episodes observed at Rishiri Island by chemical
weather simulations and AIRS satellite measurements: Long-range transport of burning plumes and
implications for emissions inventories. Tellus B., 61, 394-407.

Baker, M.A., J. Fisher, and L. Rowan. (2006) Earth Sciences in the FY 2007 Budget. In AAAS Report
XXXI: Research and Development FY 2007.

Fisher, J.A., M.I. Richardson, C.E. Newman, M.A. Szwast, C. Graf, S. Basu, S.P. Ewald, A.D. Toigo,
and R.J. Wilson. (2005) A Survey of Martian Dust Devil Activity Using Mars Global Surveyor Mars
Orbiter Camera Images. Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 110 (E3): Art. No. E03004.

Fisher, J. and B. Fisher. (1999) The Use of KidSat Images in the Further Pursuit of the Frankincense Roads to
Ubar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37 (4): 1841-1847.

PRESENTATIONS

Arctic pollution sources and transport: an integrated analysis of CO from ARCTAS, AIRS and the GEOS-Chem
model (talk). POLARCAT Workshop, June 2009.

Constraints on the sources of Arctic CO from AIRS, ARCTAS, and the GEOS-Chem model (talk). NASA
Sounder Science Team Meeting, May 2009.

Tracking pollution in the Arctic atmosphere (invited talk). Earth and Planetary Sciences Day, April 2009.

Arctic pollution sources and transport: an integrated analysis of GEOS-Chem capabilities using aircraft and
satellite observations (talk). 4th GEOS-Chem User's Meeting, April 2009.

An analysis of pollution transport events and pollution sources in the Arctic during ARCTAS using aircraft,
satellite, and model CO (poster). ARCTAS Science Team Meeting, January 2009.

A Survey of Martian Dust Devil Activity Using Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Images (poster).
American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting.

HONORS & AWARDS

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (2006 - 2009)
Caltech Upperclass Merit Award, Wasserman Scholar (2004 - 2005)
Fritz B. Burns Prize in Geology (2004)
Caltech Upperclass Merit Award (2003 - 2004)
Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Richter Fellow (2002)

LEADERSHIP & SERVICE

EPS Graduate Student and Postdoc Seminar Series Coordinator (2007 - present)
Lowell House Non-Resident Tutor in Earth and Planetary Sciences (2007 - present)
Caltech Alumni Admissions Representative (2006 - present)
EPS Seminar Day Coordinator (2008)
Caltech Director for Academic Affairs (2004 - 2005)
   •  Chair, Academics and Research Committee
   •  Member, Associated Students of Caltech (ASCIT) Board of Directors
   •  Member, Council on Undergraduate Education
   •  Director, 2005 Student Faculty Conference
Caltech Academics and Research Committee Representative (2003 - 2004)
Geological and Planetary Sciences Committee Student Co-Chair, 2003 Student Faculty Conference

SKILLS

Computing: Fortran, IDL, Matlab, R, Mathematica; Microsoft Office; Dreamweaver
Languages: English (native speaker), French (fluent)