
JT Fischer
Based in Innsbruck, Dr. Jan-Thomas Fischer works as head of the division of snow and avalanches at the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), contributing to the unanswered questions in avalanche research. Together with the BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Austria and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Switzerland, he recently tackled the question of how temperature influences snow flows. Jan-Thomas Fischer is also actively involved in avalanche education programs as well as the recently founded Austrian Association for Snow and Avalanches (ÖGSL).