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
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
9:00a Ben Li, University of Colorado Boulder
Keynote: Investigating the origins and chemistry of atmospheric trace gases using stable isotopes
9:40a Jake Slawson, Colorado School of Mines
Science Talk: Early Paleogene Hyperthermals and Hydroclimate Change in the Uinta Basin, UT
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
10:20a Coffee, refreshments, visit with vendors, and poster session
11:20a Ben Burke, Gradient Geothermal Inc.
Science Talk: The Application of Stable Isotopes to Geothermal Exploration & Production: An Example from Blackburn Field, Nevada
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
12:00p Lunch
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
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
1:50p John Ortega, University of Colorado Boulder
Tech Talk: Hydrogen isotope measurements of atmospheric methane at the University of Colorado Stable Isotope Laboratory
2:00p Coffee, refreshments, visit with vendors
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
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
2:50p Brett Davidheiser, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Tech Talk: Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap Exploris™ Isotope Solutions: tool for comprehensive characterization of polyisotopocules
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
3:10p Khaoula Fdil, ABB
Tech Talk: Ultraportable laser absorption-based spectrometer for in-site measurement of d18O and dD in water
3:20p Walk to Natural and Environmental Sciences building for lab tours
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