DI Dr. GEORG FISCHER
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
information
Space Research Institute (SRI)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Schmiedlstr. 6
A-8042 Graz
Austria
Tel.: +43 316 4120664 (office)
Tel.: +43 699 12068896 (mobile)
Fax: +43 316 4120690
Email: georg.fischer@oeaw.ac.at
Web: http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/
Personal
information
Education
Date and place of birth: 22 October 1971, Klagenfurt, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Marital status: Single
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluently), Italian, Russian (beginner level)
2001-2004
Graz Karl-Franzens University, PhD in Geophysics and Meteorology
Title of PhD thesis: “Energy dissipation and HF radiation of lightning on
Titan and Earth”, supervised by Prof. Dr. H.O. Rucker
Graduation with distinction on 19 July 2004
1990-1999
Graz University of Technology, MSc in Technical Physics abbreviated as
DI=Diplomingenieur (diploma engineer)
Title of diploma thesis: “Ceramic materials for X7R multilayer capacitors
with nickel inner electrodes”, supervised by Prof. Dr. G. Leising at the
Institute of Solid Body Physics and by Prof. Dr. A. Feltz at SiemensMatsushita (today: Epcos) in Deutschlandsberg, Austria
1982-1990
Employment
High school at 1. Bundesgymnasium Klagenfurt
since 2012
Temporary position as research scientist at the Space Research Institute
(SRI) in Graz, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Group leader of the Radio
Wave Group; project lead in Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project P24325N16 (see below)
08/200912/2011
Funded by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project P21295-N16 (see below)
at SRI in Graz as project leader
2012 and
2010
Short-term research scholarships at the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Iowa (for 2 months in 2012, 3 months in 2010)
09/200807/2009
Postdoctoral position at the SRI in Graz, Austrian Academy of Sciences;
Group leader of the Radio Wave Group
02/200607/2008
Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at the
University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA; Supervisor Prof. Dr. D.A. Gurnett
02/200012/2005
Research scientist and doctoral student at the Space Research Institute of
the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Graz, Austria
Scientific
interests
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Project leads
and awards
• Project lead of Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project P24325-N16: “Lightning on
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Other
projects and
collaborations
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proposal about Saturn’s ionosphere with Boston University (selected 2010)
Collaborator in 2 Austrian Space Applications Programme (ASAP) proposals of
the Space Research Institute about antenna calibration for Juno/Waves (selected
in 2010) and Stereo/Waves (selected in 2004)
Main international collaborations with the University of Iowa (D.A. Gurnett,
W.S. Kurth, S.-Y. Ye), the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (P. Zarka, B. Cecconi),
Boston University (M. Mendillo, L. Moore), and the California Institute of
Technology (A. Ingersoll, U. Dyudina)
• Suggested Co-Investigator in the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer RPWI (Radio and
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Conferences
and invited
talks
planets with focus on Saturn” (started 08/2012, funded with 225.792 €)
Project lead of Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project P21295-N16: “Atmospheric
electricity in the Saturnian system” (08/2009-12/2011, funded with 143.682 €)
NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award for contributions to the
Cassini RPWS investigation at Saturn (April 2009)
• Collaborator in NASA 10-CDAP10-0033 (Cassini Data Analysis Program)
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Scientific
teams and
memberships
Lightning on planets (mainly Saturn, Titan, Jupiter, Earth)
Magnetospheric radio emissions of Saturn (Narrowband emissions and
kilometric radiation), magnetospheric physics
Polarization and direction-finding of radio waves
Atmospheres of giant planets
Calibration of radio antennas on spacecraft: Cassini/RPWS, Mars Express/
MARSIS, Stereo/Waves, Juno/Waves, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer/RPWI
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Plasma Wave Investigation) team
Appointment to Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS)
instrument Co-Investigator in November 2010 by NASA (member of team since
2004)
Member of EGU and AGU (European and American Geophysical Union)
Participation in 3 ISSI (International Space Science Institute, Bern,
Switzerland) international teams: “Comparative Jovian Aeronomy” led by T.
Stallard (2012), “Saturn Aeronomy” led by M. Galand (2009-2010), and
“Planetary Atmospheric Electricity” led by M. Blanc et al. (2007)
Participation in 24 international conferences and 8 workshops in 2001-2012
4th convener of workshop “Planetary Radio Emissions VII” (Graz, Sept. 2010)
Convener of planetary radio emission session at the European Planetary Science
Conference (EPSC) in 2009 and 2012, co-convener in 2010 and 2011
Co-convener of planetary lightning session at AGU fall meeting in 2012
8 invited talks (see publication list)
Publications
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Publications in refereed journals: 30 (11 of them as first author)
Proceedings papers: 19 (6 of them as first author)
1 book chapter as first author
4th editor of the Proceedings „Planetary Radio Emissions VII“, Austrian
Academy of Sciences Press, ISBN 978-3-7001-7125-6, Vienna, 2011
Acted as reviewer of 14 papers for journals like Nature, Icarus, JGR, GRL, Adv.
Space Res., Planet. Space Sci., Ann. Geophys., Astophys. J.