Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Environmental Science Program
Western Carolina University
dfischer@wcu.edu
al@tsugascientific.com
Western Carolina University
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Cullowhee, NC
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2021-Present)
Western Carolina University
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Cullowhee, NC
Instrumentation Specialist & Instructor (2018-2021)
University of Georgia
Department of Chemistry
Athens, GA
Research and Teaching Assistant (2012-2018)
Hummingbird Scientific
Lacey, WA
Engineer (2011-2012)
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
PhD, Analytical Chemistry (2018)
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA
BS, Environmental Chemistry (2011)
Cheng, Z., K. Atwi, O. Hajj, I. Ijeli, D.A. Fischer, G.D. Smith, and R. Saleh (2021) Discrepancies Between Brown Carbon Light-absorption Properties Retrieved from Online and Offline Measurements. Aerosol Science and Technology Volume 55, No. 1, 92-103. 10.1080/02786826.2020.1820940
Fierce, L., T.B. Onasch, C.D. Cappa, C. Mazzoleni, S. China, J. Bhandari, P. Davidovits, D.A. Fischer, T. Helgestad, A.T. Lambe, A.J. Sedlacek III, G.D. Smith, and L. Wolff (2020) Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition. PNAS, Volume 117, No. 10, 5196-5203.
Fischer, D.A. and G.D. Smith (2018) Can ozone be used to calibrate aerosol photoacoustic spectrometers? Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Volume 11, No. 12, 6419-6427.
Fischer, D.A. and G.D. Smith (2017) A 4-wavelength, Single-cell Photoacoustic Instrument for Aerosol Absorption. Aerosol Science and Technology, Volume 52, No. 4, 393-406.
Mattingly, K, B.D. Johnson, and D.A. Fischer. (2015) Characterization of Atmospheric Saharan Dust Plumes Using Remote Hyperspectral Imagery for Public Health. Papers in Applied Geography, Volume 1, No. 3, 286-293.
Fischer, D.A., D.H. Alsem, B. Simon, T. Prozorov, and N.J. Salmon. (2013) Development of an Integrated Platform for Cross-Correlative Imaging of Biological Specimens in Liquid using Light and Electron Microscopies. Microscopy and Microanalysis 19:Suppl. 2, 476–477.
Fischer, D.A. and G.D. Smith (2017) UV-Visible Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for Aerosol Absorption. American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Fischer, D.A. and G.D. Smith. (2015) A UV-Vis Broadband Cavity Enhanced Spectrometer for Ambient Aerosols. Eleventh International User Meeting and Summer School on Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy, Boulder, CO.
Fischer, D.A. and G.D. Smith. A UV-Vis Broadband Cavity Enhanced Spectrometer. EPA Air Sensors 2014: A New Frontier, Raleigh, NC, 2014.
Fischer, D.A. and G.D. Smith. (2013) Incoherent broadband cavity enhanced spectroscopy for measuring extinction coefficients of atmospheric species throughout the UV-visible spectrum. Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Atlanta, GA.
WCU CHEM 689: Cooperative Internship in Natural Products Chemistry
WCU CHEM 493: Atmospheric Measurment Techniques (Special Topics in Chemistry)
WCU CHEM 454/554, PHYS 454: Computer Interfacing
WCU CHEM 380: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
WCU CHEM 370: Instrumental Analysis I (Lecutre + Lab)
WCU CHEM 330: Aquatic Chemistry (Lecture + Lab)
WCU CHEM 241: Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
WCU CHEM 191: Issues in Environmental Chemistry: Is clean air a right?
WCU ES 150: Introduction and Approaches to Environmental Science (3-week unit on Atmospheric Chemistry)
WCU CHEM 140: General Chemistry II Laboratory
WCU CHEM 132: Survey of Chemistry Laboratory
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Hands-On Scientific Instrumentation
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Continuous Flow Liquid Stage for Scanning Electron Microscopy
An Incoherent-Coherent "Hybrid" UV-visible Photoacoustic Spectrometer
A Single-Cell, 4-Wavelength Photoacoustic Instrument for Atmospheric Aerosols