Melanie Boling

….gallivanting.

Experience
Founder, Gallivanting.
Extreme Environments Field Research Scientist • Extreme Environments Well-Being Officer • Holistic Health Consulting, Boling Expeditionary Research.
Mission Support • Media, Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS), The Mars Society.
Biopic Screenwriter, Imagery Beyond Borders.
Founder • Documentary Photojournalist, Imagery Beyond Borders.

Outreach and Media, The Explorers Club Pacific Northwest Chapter.
Founder • Director of Research & International Development, Peer Wild.

Special Initiatives Officer: HVAO Mental Health • Deputy Director of Communications, Harvard Veterans Mental Health Initiative, Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization.
United States Air Force Veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

NATO Stabilization Force Protection Officer, Department of Defense

Trauma-Informed Yoga Educator, E-RYT.
Reiki Master and Animal Reiki Practioner.
Expeditionary Wilderness First Responder.

Future Academics
PhD Candidate, Psychology and Astrobiology (Space Exploration), University of Washington.

Current Academics
Psychology and Astrobiology (Space Exploration), University of Washington.

Academic Certificate, Field Mycology, The Evergreen State College.

Ongoing Field Research
Psychopathology in Extreme Environments.
The Psychological Field Kit in Analog Space Environments.

The Effects of Extreme Environments on Brain and Behavior.

Ongoing Wildlife Research
Coastal Rainforest Wolves of the Pacific Northwest.

Ongoing Environmental Research
Holistic Cultural Practices of Temperate and Tropical Rainforests.
Academics
Neurophysiology, Harvard Extension School.
Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Neuroscience, Harvard University.
Continuing Medical Education, Stanford University.
Conservation Sciences, Harvard University.
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Emergency Management, University of Maryland.
Marine Biology; Oceanography, University of Hawai’i.
Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University.
Air Traffic Control, Air University.
Culinary Arts, Hotel & Recreation Management, Mortuary Affairs, Air University.

Photojournalism, New York Institute of Photography.

Conflict Journalism; Ethics; Trauma and Journalism, Poytner News University.

Certifications & Licenses
Wilderness REMT, Emergency Medical Technician from the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT), Medical Care Person in Charge (MCPIC), and Healthcare Provider CPR/AED (ECSI), Remote Medical Training (2026).
Wilderness First Responder, WFR, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, E-RYT, Yandara Yoga.
Registered Trauma-Informed Children’s Yoga Educator, RCYT-95, Yoga Ed.
Registered Tantra Yoga Teacher, RYT-200, My Vinyasa Practice (2025).
Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT-500, My Vinyasa Practice (2025).
Reiki Master and Animal Reiki Practitioner.