Anne-Lise Boyer

Anne-Lise Boyer is a postdoctoral research associate with Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) at the University of Arizona. CLIMAS is a Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP), funded by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that includes experts from social, physical, and natural sciences who collaborate with partners across the Southwest to develop sustainable solutions for regional climate challenges. Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Planning and Sustainable Built Environments Ladd Keith, Anne-Lise’s work aims to bridge climate science and decision-making to advance heat resilience in rural, tribal, and border communities in the U.S. Southwest.

Before joining CAPLA, Anne-Lise was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Research Lab Iglobes (CNRS-UA), at Biosphere 2. There, she worked on drought resilience and climate change adaptation, contributing to an interdisciplinary research project on intermittent bodies of water. Her focus was on the relationship of local communities to heavily disturbed and changing waterscapes. Anne-Lise earned her Ph.D. in Geography and Planning from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France, where she examined drought resilience and water conservation strategies implemented by desert metropolises. Originally from France, Anne-Lise developed a keen interest in the socioecological challenges faced by the Southwestern U.S. since her first visit to Tucson as an exchange student in 2015.