Ellen Fisher

Vice President for Research, University of New Mexico

Ellen Fisher, Ph.D., serves as the vice president for research at the University of New Mexico.  She provides leadership for the research enterprise, oversees research compliance, research development, and faculty and student success initiatives, collaborating broadly to enhance, enable and advance the research and scholarship of students, faculty and staff.  Previously, she served as assistant vice president for strategic initiatives at Colorado State University and has been a professor in chemistry since 1993. Fisher received her B.S. in chemistry and math (double major) from Texas Lutheran College (now University) and Ph.D. in physical-analytical chemistry from the University of Utah.