Week 1

Sunday June 18th

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

 

Monday June 19th

Introductions and Logistics (8:30AM)

Lecture (9:30AM): Isotope Foundations: Terminology, Fractionation, and Measurement – Zachary Sharp (University of New Mexico)

Lecture+Lab Students: Project Development and Fieldwork (12:00–6:00PM; Lunch Provided: Lab+Lecture Students)

Lecture Only Students: Center for Stable Isotopes Tour (1:30–4:30PM)

 

Tuesday June 20th

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

Evening Lecture (5:30–8:00PM; Dinner–Chello Grill): Stable Isotope Instrumentation – Viorel Atudorei (University of New Mexico) and Chris Brodie (IsoTrace NZ)

 

Wednesday June 21st

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

Afternoon Lecture (1:30–3:00PM or 3:30–5:00PM): QA/QC and Data Analysis – Renee Brooks (US Enivronmental Protection Agency)

 

Thursday June 22nd

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

Evening Lecture (5:30–8:00PM; Dinner–Buen Provecho): Animal Isotope Ecology and Physiology – Seth Newsome (University of New Mexico)

 

Friday June 23rd

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

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Biology of the Oceans – Brian Popp (University of Hawaii)

Evening Breakout Sessions (TBD)

 

Saturday June 24th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Isotopic Incorporation – Thure Cerling (University of Utah)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Animal Paleoecology – Paul Koch (UC Santa Cruz)

Group Project Presentations (2:00–4:00PM)

Dinner (5:00PM; La Fonda del Bosque)

 

Sunday June 25th

Rest Day in Sandia Mountains (Lunch Provided): morning hikes/bikes and afternoon picnic (Oak Flats Picnic Ground)

 

Week 2

Monday June 26th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): The Global Carbon Cycle – Dan Breecker (University of Texas at Austin)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Paleoclimate Proxies – Matthew Lachniet (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

Lecture+Lab Students: Project Development and Fieldwork (12:00–6:00PM; Lunch Provided: Lab+Lecture Students)

Lecture Only Students: Lab Work (1:30–5:00PM)

Evening Lecture (5:00-7:00PM; Dinner–Dion's Pizza): Stable Isotope Ratios via Rovibrational Laser Spectroscopy – Dave Nelson (Aerodyne Research)

 

Tuesday June 27th

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 (5:30–8:00PM; Dinner–M'Tucci's): Isotopes in Forensics – Christy Mancuso (University of New Mexico)

 

Wednesday June 28th

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)

Afternoon Workshop (3:00–5:30PM): IsoBank – Oliver Shipley (Stony Brook University)

Evening Event (6:35PM): Albuquerque Isotopes versus El Paso Chihuahuas (Isotopes Park)

 

Thursday June 29th

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 (5:30–8:00PM; Dinner–Thai House II): Microbial Isotope Ecology – Sebastian Kopf (University of Colorado Boulder)

 

Friday June 30th

Lecture (8:30AM): Molecular Isotopic Analysis – Pratigya Polissar (UC Santa Cruz)

Group Project Presentations (3:00–5:30PM)

Graduation Dinner (6:00PM; Hodgin Hall)

After Party (9:00PM; Bosque Brewing Company, 106 Girard Boulevard SE)