Daniel Fisher graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in 1975 and from Harvard University with a master's degree in physics in 1978 and a doctorate in physics in 1979 working with
Bertrand Halperin. He then worked in the theoretical department at
Bell Labs until 1987. In 1987 he became a professor of physics at Princeton University and in 1990 at Harvard. He has been a Fellow of the
American Physical Society since 1986. He was a
Sloan Research Fellow from 1988 to 1992. He was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999 and the
National Academy of Sciences in 2015. He received the
Lars Onsager Prize in 2013. He is a son of
Michael E. Fisher and brother of
Matthew P. A. Fisher. == Selected works ==