Gerald A. Fisher Consulting Professor Phone Number: 650-723-0109 Contact Email: [email protected] Admin Support: Jenifer Conan-Tice
Education BA: Mathematics and Physics; City College of New York; 1962 PhD: Physics; Stanford University; 1970
Research Member, Nuclear Physics Research Group Consultant, Introductory Physics Sequence Consultant, Neutron Detection: Dark Matter Group
Research interests Nuclear structure, giant resonances, lifetimes of nuclear states, resonance absorption, fluorescence, analogue states, weak interactions, Mossbauer effect, dark matter, interdisciplinary approaches to science learning, digital learning environments.
Professional Consulting Professor, Visiting Professor, Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, Stanford University, 1972- present
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, 1972-2000
Chairman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University 1980-1995
Nexa Program Professor, SFSU, 1978-1989
Research Associate, Post-Doc, Stanford University, 1971-72
Lead Organizer, Presenter: Public Physics Colloquium & Lecture Series San Francisco State University, 1981-1982 Lecturers included: Luis Alvarez, Felix Bloch, Robert Hofstadter, Linus Pauling, Emilio Segre, Arthur Schawlow, William Shockley, and Edward Teller.
University Service Admissions Committee, Department of Physics Radiation Safety Officer, Stanford University Editorial, Advisory Boards
Advisory Chief Science Advisor; Crowdoptic, Inc, 2012- present Board Chair; Galaxy Learn, Inc, 2013-present Chief Science Advisor; Bharosa, Inc, 2006-08 Science Editor, Principal Science Writer; Old Trout Magazine, 2005-07 Board Member; Netclerk, Inc, 2002-06
Publications 50+
Strategic Entrepreneurism, Select Books: with Jon B. Fisher, Wallace Wang, 2008
Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship / New Business Enterprises, Sept 1, 2008
Fellowships, Awards National Science Foundation Fellowship: 1972 – 84: 8 awards Cottrell Grant from Research Corp: 1984 Research Associate; Stanford University 1970-72