Tessa Fisher
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Mail code: 6011Campus: Tempe
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B.A. in Astronomy, Biology, University of Virginia, 2010
M.S. in Environmental Science, Washington State University, 2013
Ph.D in Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, 2023
- The use of complex systems science to develop better biosignatures
- Atmospheric chemical reaction network topology as a potential biosignature for exoplanets
- Microbial ecology
- Ecosystem modeling
- Exoplanet atmospheric modeling
- The search for technosignatures
Vidal, C., Fields, B. L., Sowinski, D. R., Elowitz, M., Bartlett, S., Terrile, R. J., ... & Saide, R. (2026). The Search for Technosignatures: a Review of Possibilities. arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.21093. Link.
Fisher, T., Harman, C., Janin, E., Shabram, M., Tsai, S. M., Wogan, N., & Wong, M. (2026). Network and Kinetics-based Biosignatures: Implications for the Putative Habitable World Observatory Design. In Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology, Part II: Mission Framework, Technology, Broader Contributions (J. Lee et al., eds), pp. 67-71, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Franciso.Link.
Fisher, T., and Ferriere, R. (2026). Potential Metabolic Viability on Asteroid Chemistry. Nature Chemistry Communications 9, 54. Link.
Fisher, T., Janin, E., & Walker, S. I. (2025). A Complex Systems Approach to Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry: New Prospects for Ruling Out the Possibility of Alien Life-As-We-Know-It. The Planetary Science Journal 6(5), 116. Link.
Grefenstette, N., Chou, L., Colón-Santos, S., Fisher, T. M., Mierzejewski, V., Nural, C., … & Weng, M. M. (2024). Life as We Don’t Know It. Astrobiology, 24(S1), S186-S201. Link.
Fisher, T., Kim, H., Millsaps, C., Line, M., & Walker, S. I. (2022). Inferring exoplanet disequilibria with multivariate information in atmospheric reaction networks. The Astronomical Journal, 164(2), 53. Link.
Sheikh, S., Berea, A., Davis, R., De la Torre, G. G., DeMarines, J., Fisher, T., … & Wright, J. T. (2021). Technosignatures as a Priority in Planetary Science. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4), 427. Link
Walker S. I., Cronin L., Drew A., Domagal-Goldman S., Fisher T., Line M., and Millsaps C. (2020) Probabilistic Biosignature Frameworks. In Planetary Astrobiology (V. Meadows et al., eds.), pp. 477–503. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_. Link.
Glaser, D.M., Hartnett, H.E., Desch, S.J., Unterborn, C.T., Anbar, A., Buessecker, S., Fisher, T., Glaser, S., Kane, S.R., Lisse, C.M. and Millsaps, C., (2020). Detectability of Life Using Oxygen on Pelagic Planets and Water Worlds. The Astrophysical Journal, 893(2), p.163. Link.
Domagal-Goldman, S., Kiang, N. Y., Parenteau, N., Catling, D. C., DasSarma, S., Fujii, Y., … & Schwieterman, E. W. (2018). Life Beyond the Solar System: Remotely Detectable Biosignatures. arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06714. (White paper submitted to the National Academies of Sciences Study: Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe). Link.
Schwierterman, E.W., et al. (2018). Exoplanet biosignatures: a review of remotely detectable signs of life. Astrobiology 18(5). Link.
Fisher, T.M., and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2013). Nutrient and population dynamics in a subglacial reservoir: a simulation case study of the Blood Falls ecosystem with implications for astrobiology. International Journal of Astrobiology 12, 304–311. Link., Harman, C., Janin, E., Shabram, M., Tsai, S. M., Wogan, N., & Wong, M. (2026). Network and Kinetics-based Biosignatures: Implications for the Putative Habitable World Observatory Design. In Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology, Part II: Mission Framework, Technology, Broader Contributions (J. Lee et al., eds), pp. 67-71, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Franciso. Preprint Link.
Fisher, T., and Ferriere, R. (2026). Potential Metabolic Viability on Asteroid Chemistry. Nature Chemistry Communications 9, 54. Link.
Fisher, T., Janin, E., & Walker, S. I. (2025). A Complex Systems Approach to Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry: New Prospects for Ruling Out the Possibility of Alien Life-As-We-Know-It. The Planetary Science Journal 6(5), 116. Link.
Grefenstette, N., Chou, L., Colón-Santos, S., Fisher, T. M., Mierzejewski, V., Nural, C., … & Weng, M. M. (2024). Life as We Don’t Know It. Astrobiology, 24(S1), S186-S201. Link.
Fisher, T., Kim, H., Millsaps, C., Line, M., & Walker, S. I. (2022). Inferring exoplanet disequilibria with multivariate information in atmospheric reaction networks. The Astronomical Journal, 164(2), 53. Link.
Sheikh, S., Berea, A., Davis, R., De la Torre, G. G., DeMarines, J., Fisher, T., … & Wright, J. T. (2021). Technosignatures as a Priority in Planetary Science. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4), 427. Link
Walker S. I., Cronin L., Drew A., Domagal-Goldman S., Fisher T., Line M., and Millsaps C. (2020) Probabilistic Biosignature Frameworks. In Planetary Astrobiology (V. Meadows et al., eds.), pp. 477–503. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_. Link.
Glaser, D.M., Hartnett, H.E., Desch, S.J., Unterborn, C.T., Anbar, A., Buessecker, S., Fisher, T., Glaser, S., Kane, S.R., Lisse, C.M. and Millsaps, C., (2020). Detectability of Life Using Oxygen on Pelagic Planets and Water Worlds. The Astrophysical Journal, 893(2), p.163. Link.
Domagal-Goldman, S., Kiang, N. Y., Parenteau, N., Catling, D. C., DasSarma, S., Fujii, Y., … & Schwieterman, E. W. (2018). Life Beyond the Solar System: Remotely Detectable Biosignatures. arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06714. (White paper submitted to the National Academies of Sciences Study: Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe). Link.
Schwierterman, E.W., et al. (2018). Exoplanet biosignatures: a review of remotely detectable signs of life. Astrobiology 18(5). Link.
Fisher, T.M., and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2013). Nutrient and population dynamics in a subglacial reservoir: a simulation case study of the Blood Falls ecosystem with implications for astrobiology. International Journal of Astrobiology 12, 304–311. Link.