Daniel Fisher

David Starr Jordan Professor

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
Onsager Prize, American Physical Society (2013)
Member, National Academy of Sciences (2015)

Professional Education

PhD, Harvard University, Physics (1979)
BA, Cornell University, Math and Physics (1975)

2022-23 Courses

Independent Studies
- Bioengineering Problems and Experimental Investigation
  BIOE 191 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Biophysics
  BIOPHYS 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Studies in Applied Physics
  APPPHYS 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  BIOPHYS 300 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Practical Training
  APPPHYS 291 (Sum)

Prior Year Courses

2021-22 Courses

Cellular Biophysics
APPPHYS 294 (Spr)
Stochastic and Nonlinear Dynamics
APPPHYS 223, BIO 223, BIOE 213, PHYSICS 223 (Aut)

2020-21 Courses

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning in Biology
BIOS 265 (Win)
Stochastic and Nonlinear Dynamics
APPPHYS 223, BIO 223, BIOE 213, PHYSICS 223 (Aut)

2019-20 Courses

Cellular Biophysics
APPPHYS 294, BIO 294, BIOPHYS 294 (Aut)
Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning in Biology
BIOS 265 (Win)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
James Ferrare, Kyung-Su Kim, Pavel Nosov, Daniel Wong
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Gabriel Birzu, Ivana Cvijovic, Alex Heyde
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Aditya Mahadevan, Alana Papula
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Stefania Moroianu
Postdoctoral Research Mentor
Gabriel Birzu, Ivana Cvijovic
Doctoral (Program)
Feng Chen, Minjeong Kim, Evan Laksono, Haiwen Wang

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Bioengineering (Phd Program)
Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences) (Phd Program)
Biophysics (Phd Program)

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