Affiliated Faculty

Andrew T Fisher
  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
  • Department
    • Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
    • Institute of Marine Sciences
  • Affiliations Environmental Studies Department, Ocean Sciences Department, Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
  • Phone
    831-459-5598, 831-459-4089
  • Email
  • Fax
    831-459-3074
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Earth & Marine Sciences, A209
    • Earth & Marine Sciences A209
  • Office Hours varies by quarter
  • Mail Stop Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Mailing Address
    • E&MS Building, Room A232, 1156 High Street
    • Santa Cruz CA 95064
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise Water, Hydrology, Geophysics, Geology, Geographic Information Systems, Climate Change, Oceanography, Earth Sciences, Mathematical Modeling, Water Policy and Management

Summary of Expertise

Hydrogeology, Water Resources, Crustal Studies, Heat Flow, Coupled Modeling, Geothermal Tool Development

Research Interests

* Surface water - groundwater interactions

* Hydrogeology and thermal evolution of oceanic crust, seamounts, ridge flanks, and convergent margins

* Numerical modeling of coupled flows

* Groundwater recharge

* Aquifer characterization, testing, facies controls on hydrologic properties

* Groundwater aquifer-marine interactions

* Long-term monitoring, geothermal instrumentation

Selected Publications

Publications

Teaching Interests

Geologic Principles
Hydrology
Groundwater
Groundwater Modeling
Topics in Hydrogeology