Andrea Fischer (born September 3, 1973) is an Austrian glaciologist, Professor and Vice Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. She was named as the Austrian Scientist of the Year in 2023. Fischer is from St. Johann in Tirol and grew up in Salzburg. She studied physics and environmental sciences as an undergraduate at the University of Graz. In 2003 she obtained her PhD in the field of remote sensing of snow and ice at the University of Innsbruck. Here she used European Remote-Sensing Satellite synthetic-aperture radar interferograms to monitor surges of glaciers in the Vatnajökull ice cap. Her research indicated that the glacier's surge cycle lasts for several years, with an early stage characterised by slowly increasing motion and more distinct velocity changes during the final two years of the surge cycle. She was a postdoctoral research at the University of Innsbruck and the Commission for Geophysical Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, where she focussed on glaciology, hydrology and geophysics. More information...
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