Week 1

Sunday June 19th

IceBreaker & Dinner (6:00PM; Sharp/Ziegler Compound)

 

Monday June 20th

Introductions and Logistics (8:30AM)

Lecture (9:00AM): Isotope Foundations: Terminology, Fractionation, and Measurement – Zachary Sharp (University of New Mexico)

Lab: Project Development and Fieldwork (12:00-6:00PM; Lunch Provided)

 

Tuesday June 21st

Lecture (8:30AM): Stable Isotopes in Water – Todd Dawson (UC Berkeley)

Evening Lecture (5:30–7:30PM; Dinner–Tikka Hut): Stable Isotope Instrumentation – Viorel Atudorei (University of New Mexico)

 

Wednesday June 22nd

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Plant Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems – Jim Ehleringer (University of Utah)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): The Global Carbon Cycle – Dan Breecker (University of Texas at Austin)

Afternoon Lecture (3:30–5:00PM): QA/QC and Data Analysis – Renee Brooks (US Enivronmental Protection Agency)

Evening Breakout Session (TBD)

 

Thursday June 23rd

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of the Oceans – Lael Vetter (University of Arizona)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Isotopes as Recorders of Environmental Change – Soumaya Belmecheri (University of Arizona)

Afternoon Lecture (3:30–5:00PM): QA/QC and Data Analysis – Renee Brooks (US Enivronmental Protection Agency)

Evening Breakout Session (TBD)

 

Friday June 24th

Lecture (8:30AM): Nitrogen in Terrestrial Ecosystems – Jed Sparks (Cornell University)

Evening Event (5:30–7:30PM; Dinner–Buen Provecho): Professional Development Panel Q&A

 

Saturday June 25th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Animal Isotope Ecology and Physiology – Seth Newsome (University of New Mexico)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Animal Paleoecology – Thure Cerling (University of Utah)

Group Project Presentations (4:00–6:00PM)

Dinner (7:00PM; Artichoke Cafe)

 

Sunday June 26th

Rest Day in the Sandia Mountains (Lunch Provided): morning hikes/bikes and afternoon picnic

 

Week 2

Monday June 27th

Lecture (8:30AM): Biology of the Oceans – Brian Popp (University of Hawaii)

Lab: Project Development and Fieldwork (12:00-6:00PM; Lunch Provided)

 

Tuesday June 28th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Isotopic Studies in Four Dimensions: People and Animals in the Past – Tamsin O'Connell (University of Cambridge)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Amino Acid Isotope Analysis – Seth Newsome (University of New Mexico)

Evening Lecture (5:30–7:30PM; Dinner–M'Tucci's): Isotopes in Forensics – Christy Mancuso (University of New Mexico)

 

Wednesday June 29th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Terrestrial Carbonates and Clumped Isotopes – Katie Snell (University of Colorado Boulder)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Triple Oxygen Isotopes – Jordan Wostbrock (Yale University) and Nico Lubcker (University of New Mexico)

Afternoon Lecture (3:00–5:30PM): IsoBank Ingest Workshop – Oliver Shipley (University of New Mexico)

Evening Event (6:35PM): Albuquerque Isotopes versus Sugar Land Skeeters (Isotopes Park)

 

Thursday June 30th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Stable Isotopes in the Atmospheric Water Cycle – Joe Galewsky (University of New Mexico)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Oxygen Isotopes in Phosphates – Ruth Blake (Yale University)

Evening Lecture (5:30–7:30PM; Dinner–Thai House II): Microbial Isotope Ecology – Sebastian Kopf (University of Colorado Boulder)

 

Friday July 1st

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Molecular Isotopic Analysis – Kate Freeman (Pennsylvania State University)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Biomarkers for Terrestrial Plants and Climate – Kate Freeman (Pennsylvania State University)

Group Project Presentations (3:00–5:00PM)

Graduation Dinner (6:00PM; Hodgin Hall)