* In 2019, Fischer received the James. B Macelwane medal from the American Geophysical Union 
* In 2019, she was chosen by students in the CSU Atmospheric Science Department as professor of the Year. 
* In 2018 Fischer received the CSU Graduate Advising and Mentorship Award. 
* 2011-2013 she was a NOAA Climate and Global Change and a Harvard Center for the Environment Fellow.