Background
Fisher, Jack Bernard was born on July 13, 1943 in New York City.
Fisher, Jack Bernard was born on July 13, 1943 in New York City.
Bachelor of Science in Botany, Cornell Univercity, 1965; Master of Science in Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University of California, Davis, 1969.
Assistant professor botany, Ohio U., Athens, 1971-1972;
plant morphologist, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, 1972-1991;
chair botanical science department, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, 1991-1993;
acting chair curators, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, 1994;
director research, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, 1995-1996;
senior research scientist, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, since 1996. Courtesy associate professor Florida International U., Miami, 1975-1987, research scientist, member graduate faculty biological science, since 1988. Visiting lecturer botany University of California, Berkeley, 1976.
Member summer school teaching staff Harvard University, 1977, 79, 82. Adjunct associate professor biology U. Miami, since 1979. Senior teaching fellow botany, visiting scientist National U. Singapore, 1985-1986.
Visiting professor botany U. Guelph, Canada, 1987. Visiting instructor Organisation Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, 1994, member of advisory committee, Las Cruces, 1995-1997. Reviewer grant proposals, papers, books.
Instructor workshops.
Member Botanical Society American (Cichan award 1996), International Association Wood Anatomists, International Society Plant Morphologists, Association Tropical Biology, Linnean Society London, Palm Society.