Week 1

Sunday June 14

IceBreaker (6:00PM): Flock of Moons Brewing Company and Buen Provecho (111 Harvard Drive SE)

 

Monday June 15

Introductions and Logistics (8:00AM)

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Isotope Foundations: Terminology and Fractionation – Zachary Sharp (UNM)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Instrumentation – Zachary Sharp (UNM)

IsoCamp Plus Students: Project Development and Fieldwork (12:00–6:00PM; To-Go Lunch)

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

 

Tuesday June 16

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

 

Wednesday June 17

Lecture (8:30AM): Plant Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems – Todd Dawson (UC Berkeley)

Afternoon Workshop (1:30–3:00PM or 3:30–5:00PM): QA/QC and Data Analysis – Laura Burkemper (UNM)

Student-Instructor Mingle (6:00PM, Optional): Flock of Moons Brewing Company

 

Thursday June 18

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

Dinner (5:30–6:30PM): Thai Cuisine II (Thai)

Evening Lecture (6:30–8:30PM): Advanced Instrumentation – Brett Davidheiser (Thermo Scientific), Rick Wehr (Aerodyne), Russell Chedgy (Picarro)

 

Friday June 19

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Animal Ecology and Physiology – Seth Newsome (UNM)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Isotopic Incorporation – Thure Cerling (University of Utah)

 

Saturday June 20

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Animal Paleoecology – Paul Koch (UC Santa Cruz)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): People in the Past – Keith Prufer (UNM)

Group Project Presentations (2:30–4:30PM)

Week One Banquet (6:00PM): Tomasitas

 

Sunday June 21

Rest Day in Sandia Mountains: morning hikes/bikes and afternoon picnic provided (Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground)

 

Week 2

Monday June 22

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

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

IsoCamp Plus Students: Project Development and Fieldwork (12:00–6:00PM; To-Go Lunch)

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

 

Tuesday June 23

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Paleoclimate Proxies – Soumaya Belmecheri (University of Arizona)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Clumped Isotopes – Kristin Bergmann (MIT)

Dinner (5:30–6:30PM): M'Tucci's (Italian)

Evening Lecture (6:30–8:00PM): Isotopes in Forensics – Christy Mancuso (Thermo Scientific)

 

Wednesday June 24

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Amino Acid Isotope Analysis – Seth Newsome (UNM)

Afternoon Workshops: Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (Besser; 2:00PM); NEON Opportunities (Besser; 4:00PM)

Student-Instructor Mingle (6:00PM, Optional): Flock of Moons Brewing Company

 

Thursday June 25

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Triple Oxygen Isotopes – Zachary Sharp (UNM)

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

 

Friday June 26

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

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

Graduation Dinner (6:30PM): La Fonda del Bosque

After Party (9:00PM): Flock of Moons Brewing Company