Anne-Lise Boyer

Anne-Lise Boyer is an Assistant Research Professor at the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning whose work focuses on climate change adaptation, with a particular emphasis on extreme heat resilience across urban and rural landscapes. Building on previous research on drought and water conservation in desert cities, she currently contributes to the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) program, a NOAA RISA initiative that brings together social, physical, and natural scientists to collaborate with partners across the region on sustainable responses to climate challenges. She focuses specifically on rural, tribal, and border communities, documenting heat impacts and examining existing and emerging governance strategies for rural heat resilience. She also engages with the CDC’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) framework in Arizona, which integrates atmospheric data, climate projections, and epidemiology analysis to help health officials anticipate, prepare for, and respond to climate-sensitive health impacts, including those driven by extreme heat.