Debra Fischer

This article is about the American astronomer and academic. For the United States senator, see Deb Fischer.

Debra Fischer
Fischer in 2004
Born	1953 (age 72–73)
Education	University of Iowa, San Francisco State University, University of California, Santa Cruz
Known for	Astronomy, Exoplanetology
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Workplaces	Yale University

Debra Ann Fischer (born 1953) is an American astronomer and professor emerita at Yale University. She is known for her work in the discovery and characterization of exoplanets using the radial velocity method.

Fischer has been involved in the detection of hundreds of exoplanets and has contributed to the development of high-precision spectrographs used in exoplanet research.