Boesch was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he grew up in the 9th WardThe Baltimore Sun. "Maryland Scientist Brings Experience to Oil Spill Panel." June 15, 2010 and experienced the flooding resulting from Hurricane Betsy. He attended Holy Cross High School and Tulane University, in that city, earning a B.S. in Biology. Boesch completed his Ph.D. in biological oceanography at the College of William of Mary in Virginia, after which he was a Fulbright-Hays Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland in Australia.
