Prof Jenny Fisher is a Professor and Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching in the College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University. Her research centres on investigating the sources, chemical evolution, and transport pathways of atmospheric pollutants and contaminants. She uses global atmospheric and biogeochemical models combined with observational data sets (ground-based, aircraft, and satellite) to increase fundamental understanding of the impacts of human activity and natural processes on atmospheric composition in diverse environments.

Prof Fisher received her PhD from Harvard University, where she studied air pollution transport and mercury biogeochemical cycling in the Arctic. Following her PhD, Prof Fisher held postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Wollongong Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry before being appointed to an academic position at the University of Wollongong. Her current research focuses on diverse questions in atmospheric composition and biogeochemical cycling, including the role of interactions between atmosphere, land, ocean, and ice in driving mercury cycling across the southern hemisphere.