Roland L. Fischer

Not to be confused with the American temperance activist Rolland Fisher or the English painter Rowland Fisher.
Roland L. Fischer
Fischer during a visit to the Swiss city of Basel, November 1981
Born1915
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died1997(1997-00-00) (aged 81–82)
Majorca, Spain
Alma materUniversity of Basel
Scientific career
FieldsPsychopharmacology and Pharmacology
InstitutionsOhio State University (1958-1971), George Washington University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University

Roland Fischer (1915–1997) was an experimental researcher and psychopharmacologist known for his early work on psychedelic drugs, schizophrenia, the perception-hallucination continuum model of altered states of consciousness, and for his work on gustation which later contributed to research supporting supertasting. Fischer was formerly professor of experimental psychiatry and associate professor of pharmacology at Ohio State University (1958-1971), and also held academic posts at George Washington University, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins University.

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