Week 1

Sunday June 15th

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

 

Monday June 16th

Introductions and Logistics (8:00AM)

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

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Instrumentation – Jim Burdett (GIRMS Solutions) and Chris Brodie (IsoAlba NZ)

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

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

 

Tuesday June 17th

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

Dinner (5:30–6:30PM): Chello Grill (Mediterranean)

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

 

Wednesday June 18th

Lecture (8:30AM): Plant Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems – Lucas Cernusak (James Cook University)

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): Bosque Brewing Company

 

Thursday June 19th

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

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

Evening Lecture (6:30–8:00PM): Animal Ecology and Physiology – Seth Newsome (UNM)

 

Friday June 20th

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)

 

Saturday June 21st

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 (2:30–4:30PM)

Week One Banquet (6:00PM): Tomasitas

 

Sunday June 22nd

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

 

Week 2

Monday June 23rd

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

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

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

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

 

Tuesday June 24th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Marine Carbonates and Clumped Isotopes – Kristin Bergmann (MIT)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Triple Oxygen Isotopes – Jordan Wostbrock (Yale University)

Afternoon Workshops: Stable Isotope Mixing Models (Shipley; 2:00PM)

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

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

 

Wednesday June 25th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Amino Acid Isotope Analysis in the Ocean – Brian Popp (University of Hawaii)

Lecture 2 (10:30AM): Amino Acid Isotope Analysis: Energy Channels and Microbes – Seth Newsome (UNM)

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

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

 

Thursday June 26th

Lecture 1 (8:30AM): Microbial Isotope Ecology – Caj Neubauer (University of Colorado Boulder)

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

 

Friday June 27th

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

Project Presentation Preparation (12:00–3:00PM)

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

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

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