Published July 02, 2024
By Christine Reed
The School of Energy Resources (SER) is pleased to welcome Tim Fischer as the Oil and Gas Program Manager in the Center for Economic Geology Research (CEGR).
In his new role, Fischer will oversee the oil and gas-related research projects in CEGR — including the Mowry Shale Project — and supervise the team of research professionals assigned to those projects. He will also support important communication channels with SER’s partner organization, the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, to enrich collaborative studies in the state.
Hailing from Missouri, Fischer earned a B.A. in History from Northwestern University, a B.S. in Geology from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in Geosciences and Biogeochemistry from Penn State University. In his early career, he worked as a journalist before taking a position as a post-doctoral researcher at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He joined Chevron in 2012, holding multiple research positions and ultimately served as a senior research petrophysicist.
Throughout his professional life, Fisher worked extensively on unconventional reservoir assets with special areas of interest in petrophysics, reservoir characterization, and core-petrophysical integration. He is also a subject matter expert in minerology, with a focus on clay minerology.
“We are really excited to be able to add Tim’s expertise and leadership to our oil and gas research projects to address the anticipated growth in that area of exploration,” says Fred McLaughlin, director of CEGR. “He brings a unique scientific perspective and years of industry experience to SER and we are eager for his guidance in building out the oil and gas program.”
In addition to his industry experience, Fisher has made significant contributions to academic scholarship through the fusion of his love for research and writing. He has been involved in more than 20 publications as either a lead or co-author, and has written extensively over a variety of topics from environmental minerology all the way to organic matter porosity prediction.
By joining SER, Fischer hopes to cultivate more opportunities to teach, mentor, and collaborate to find pragmatic solutions to current industry challenges.
“I’m an academic at heart and I love the idea of pure research and figuring out how it can be applied in the real world to address practical problems,” says Fischer. “I am also looking forward to working with a such a diverse team of scientists and students and helping them reach their goals. I couldn’t be more excited to be here at the University of Wyoming.”
