GeoDaze 2026 Keynote Speaker !

Dr. Lisa Park Boush 

Professor

University of Connecticut

Lisa Park Boush is Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut. At UConn, she has served as Associate Dean as well as founding Head of the Department of Earth Sciences. Lisa’s research involves the reconstruction of past climates and their impact on biological, coastal and lacustrine ecosystems. She is a Fellow of GSA and the Paleontological Society. She is past Chair of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP). As SAG Chair, she helped spearhead the Geothermal as well as the Neogene and Quaternary Lake Drilling strategies, organize the 25th Anniversary celebration, and develop a proposal writing workshop. She is Past-Chair of the Limnogeology Division and served as a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation (2010-2013). She is current Chair of the Advisory Committee for the NSF CSD Facility. Lisa holds a B.A in Geology from the College of Wooster and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Geosciences from the University of Arizona.