All lectures are held in PAIS 1100. Lectures begin at 8:30AM and afternoon lab sessions are 1:00–5:00PM daily, except when there is a scheduled evening lecture or activity.
Week 1
Monday June 8th
Lecture: Isotope Foundations: Terminology, Fractionation, and Measurement – Zachary Sharp (University of New Mexico)
Lab: Project Development and Fieldwork (1:00-6:00PM)
Tuesday June 9th
Lecture: Stable Isotopes in Water – Todd Dawson (UC Berkeley)
Evening Lecture (6:00PM): Stable Isotope Instrumentation – Viorel Atudorei (University of New Mexico)
Wednesday June 10th
Lecture 1: Plant Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems – Jim Ehleringer (University of Utah)
Lecture 2: Stable Isotopes in Tree Ring Cellulose – John Roden (Southern Oregon University)
Afternoon Lecture (3:30PM): QA/QC and Data Analysis – Renee Brooks (US EPA)
Thursday June 11th
Lecture: Biology of the Oceans – Brian Popp (University of Hawaii)
Afternoon Lecture (3:30PM): QA/QC and Data Analysis – Renee Brooks (US EPA)
Friday June 12th
Lecture: Animal Isotope Ecology and Physiology – Seth Newsome (University of New Mexico)
Evening Lecture (6:00PM): Marilyn Fogel (UC Riverside)
Saturday June 13th
Lecture 1: History of Animals for Isotope Records – Thure Cerling (University of Utah)
Lecture 2: Isotopic Studies in Four Dimensions: People and Animals in the Past – Tamsin O'Connell (University of Cambridge)
Student Presentations (4:30PM)
Dinner (X)
Sunday June 14th
A Day in the Sandia Mountains: morning hikes/bikes and afternoon picnic
Week 2
Monday June 15th
Lecture: Terrestrial Nitrogen Ecology – Jed Sparks (Cornell University)
Lab: Project Development and Fieldwork (1:00-6:00PM)
Tuesday June 16th
Lecture: Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of the Oceans – Howie Spero (UC Davis)
Evening Lecture (6:00PM): Triple Oxygen Isotopes – Zachary Sharp (University of New Mexico)
Wednesday June 17th
Lecture 1: Terrestrial Isotopes and Clumped Isotopes – Katie Snell (CU Boulder)
Lecture 2: Oxygen Isotopes in Phosphates – Ruth Blake (Yale University)
Thursday June 18th
Lecture 1: Dan Breecker (University of Texas)
Lecture 2: Joe Galewsky (University of New Mexico)
Evening Lecture (6:00PM): Sebastian Kopf (University of Colorado Boulder)
Friday June 19th
Lecture 1: Molecular Isotopic Analysis – Kate Freeman (Pennsylvania State University)
Lecture 2: Biomarkers for Terrestrial Plants and Climate – Kate Freeman (Pennsylvania State University)
Graduation Dinner (X)