Dr. Boeing is a Professor in the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Ecology who received her Master's degree at University of Technology Dresden (Germany) in Hydrobiology and her Doctorate from Louisiana State University in Freshwater Biology. She worked as a Post-doctoral Scientist for NOAA in Marine Biology before accepting her Professorship at New Mexico State University in 2004. She is a versatile aquatic ecologist who has worked on every trophic level of the aquatic food web (bacteria, algae, invertebrates, fish) and has published her research findings in over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.