Schedule

A detailed schedule is available below and for download. Posters are listed below the schedule. All abstracts are available for download.

Keynote speakers: 

• Jianghanyang "Ben" Li, CU Boulder and INSTAAR

• Joe von Fischer, CSU

Detailed Schedule

8:15a-8:45a Registration, coffee, light breakfast, meet with vendors​

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8:45a Welcome​

Melissa Reynolds, Office of the Vice President for Research, Colorado State University​

Francesca Cotrufo, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University​

Jeremy Rugenstein, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University​

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9:00a Ben Li, University of Colorado Boulder​

Keynote: Investigating the origins and chemistry of atmospheric trace gases using stable isotopes​

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9:40a Jake Slawson, Colorado School of Mines​

Science Talk: Early Paleogene Hyperthermals and Hydroclimate Change in the Uinta Basin, UT​

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10:00a Gabriela Sanchez Ortiz, Colorado State University​

Science Talk: Using triple oxygen measurements of lacustrine carbonates to constrain the Miocene topography of the Dinaric Alps​

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10:20a Coffee, refreshments, visit with vendors, and poster session​

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11:20a Ben Burke, Gradient Geothermal Inc.​

Science Talk: The Application of Stable Isotopes to Geothermal Exploration & Production: An Example from Blackburn Field, Nevada​

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11:40p Prithwiraj De, Colorado State University​

Science Talk: Strategic use of single 13 C labeling in metabolism: Detection of enantiomeric identity and catabolic pathways using NMR spectroscopy​

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12:00p Lunch​

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1:00p Joe Von Fischer, Colorado State University​

Keynote: What we are learning about plants and soils from new, high-precision CO2:O2 gas-ratio measures​

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1:40p Paige Hansen, Colorado State University​

Tech Talk: A combined 2 H-, 13 C-labeling approach for understanding controls of microbial PLFA-specific physiology on soil organic matter storage​

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1:50p John Ortega, University of Colorado Boulder​

Tech Talk: Hydrogen isotope measurements of atmospheric methane at the University of Colorado Stable Isotope Laboratory​

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2:00p Coffee, refreshments, visit with vendors​

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2:30p Joyeeta Bhattacharya, Picarro Inc.​

Tech Talk: Advancing Greenhouse Gas Isotopic Measurements: Evaluating the Compatibility and Efficiency of Picarro Gas Autosampler with Picarro Isotopic Analyzers​

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2:40p Jason Hupp, LI-COR​

Tech Talk: Integration of a novel carbon isotope analyzer in a long-term chamber-based soil gas flux measurement system​

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2:50p Brett Davidheiser, Thermo Fisher Scientific​

Tech Talk: Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap Exploris™ Isotope Solutions: tool for comprehensive characterization of polyisotopocules​

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3:00p Kyle Taylor, Elementar Americas Inc.​

Tech Talk: High precision stable isotope analysis of carbonate and water samples for paleoclimate applications using the Elementar iso DUAL INLET​

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3:10p Khaoula Fdil, ABB​

Tech Talk: Ultraportable laser absorption-based spectrometer for in-site measurement of d18O and dD in water​

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3:20p Walk to Natural and Environmental Sciences building for lab tours​

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4:15p Ice Cream social in Natural and Environmental Sciences building breezeway. Student presentation winners will be announced!​

Posters

• Samantha Weintraub-Leff, National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle

Using stable isotopes to understand ecological processes and change at the continental scale

• Michelle Haddix, Colorado State University

Measuring 15N-Nitrate Mineralization in Soils Using a Titanium Chloride Digestion

• Lauren Garofalo, Colorado State University

Tracking indoor gas-phase chemistry and aerosol production at ambient ozone concentrations in an office with isotopically labeled limonene

• Greg McKittrick, Colorado State University

Exploring the Additive Effects of Structural and Compositional Features on the Recalcitrance of Carbon Compounds

• Cathy Stewart, USDA-ARS

Long-term soil change with agricultural management: 71 years later

• Rebecca Even, Colorado State University

The ability of soils to aggregate, more than the state of aggregation, promotes protected soil

organic matter formation

• Girma Wolde Feleke, Colorado State University

Legume residue incorporation improves soil health and subsequent crop yields