Dr. Daniel Fischer, Associate Professor of Physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, earned a bachelor of science degree and master of science degree in physics from Freiburg University in Germany and his PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Prior to joining Missouri S&T, Fischer served as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Germany and at Stockholm University in Sweden.

Dr. Fischer’s specialization is Experimental Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. His research interests include: Correlated Few-Particle Dynamics, Laser-Atom Interactions, Momentum Imaging, Laser Cooling.

A $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, tests the limits of quantum mechanical models through his project titled “Control and Analysis of Atomic Few-Body Dynamics.”