Jenny Fisher

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Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching

Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Biography

I am the Associate Dean Learning & Teaching in the College of Science and Engineering and a Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Group.

My research centres on investigating the sources, chemical evolution, and transport pathways of atmospheric pollution. I use a global chemical transport model combined with observational data sets (ground-based, aircraft, and satellite) to increase our fundamental understanding of the impacts of human activity and natural processes on atmospheric composition in diverse environments.

Please note that my publication list has not yet been transferred to JCU's systems. A full list of my publications, as well as further information about my research and teaching expertise and interests, can be found on my professional website.

Research

Projects

A View from the South: exploring Southern Ocean mercury cycling and what it means for the UN Minamata Convention

01 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2025

Atmospheric Photothermal Oxidation as a New Reaction in the Atmosphere

01 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

Spatio-temporal statistical methods for producing OCO-2/OCO-3 Level 3 and Level 4 estimates

01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Fires and Perinatal Health Risks

01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

Aromatic Chemistry in the Global Atmosphere: Impacts from Urban and Biomass Burning Emissions

01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024

Tackling Atmospheric Chemistry Grand Challenges in the Southern Hemisphere

01 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020

Travel to New Insights Into Gas Phase Atmospheric Chemistry meeting

01 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2016

Clean Air & Urban Landscapes Hub

01 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020

Using NASA aircraft observations to improve understanding of biogenic VOC chemistry and aerosols over the eastern US, and to increase the value of related satellite observations

01 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2017

SEAC4RS mission support using the nested GEOS-Chem chemical transport model

01 Aug 2011 - 31 Jul 2014

Teaching

Current Honours and External Research Students

Long-term Monitoring of Atmospheric Hg in Australia: Insights into Sources, Distributions, and Variability

PHD- 2023

Study of HFOs degradation in the troposphere through atmospheric models to better understand their contribution to climate change

PHD- 2024

Impacts of aromatic chemistry on the global atmosphere

PHD- 2022

Completed Honours and External Research Students

Modelling of Greenhouse Gases in Australia and the Globe on Multiple Scales

PHD

Investigation of the relationships between biogenic isoprene emissions in Australia and their driving factors, using formaldehyde as a proxy

HONOURS

Constraining natural contributions to tropospheric ozone production over Australia and selected areas of the Southern Ocean

PHD

Assessing the Predictions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Multiple Chemical Transport Models Within the Greater Metropolitan Region NSW

HONOURS

Characterising recent terrestrial influence on coastal Antarctic air masses using Radon-222 and physiochemical properties

HONOURS

Atmospheric Implications of Untested Carbonyl Photochemistry: an Evaluation Using Chemically Explicit and Global 3D Modelling

PHD

Intercontinental Air Pollution Transport: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective

RESEARCH_MASTERS

Decadal-scale trends and variability in Australian atmospheric composition

HONOURS

Improving our knowledge of volatile organic compounds over south-east Australia

PHD

Impact of Australian Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions on Atmospheric Mercury