New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting
April 17, 2026
Program and Abstracts
Online ISSN: 2834-5800
Friday, April 17, 2026
Breakfast (burritos, muffins, fruit, coffee, tea, lemonade)
Macey Upstairs Lobby: 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Auditorium: 8:15 AM - 8:20 AM
Theme Session- Lessons Learned from New Mexico's Landscapes:
Auditorium:
8:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Chair: Steve Wells
—
Daniel Cadol,
Loc Luong,
John Mitchell McLaughlin,
and Susan Bilek
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
—
Abelino Fernandez Leger,
Dan Cadol,
and Enrico Zorzetto
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
—
Kevin M. Hobbs
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
—
Curtis Monger
and John W. Hawley
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
—
Sean D. Connell,
Daniel J. Koning,
and Andrew P. Jochems
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
—
Lani Tsinnajinnie
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Economic and Environmental Geology:
Galena Room:
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Chair: Nels Iverson
Hydrothermal Calcite-Fluid REE Partitioning Experiments at 200 °C and Saturated Water Vapor Pressure
—
Willa Obringer
and Alexander Gysi
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
—
Sarah Ann Moses,
Virginia McLemore,
Nels Iverson,
and Nicole Hurtig
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
—
Sebastian Nipah,
Virginia McLemore,
and Richard Kelley
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
—
Lawrence Sarpong,
Virginia T. McLemore,
and Richard Kelley
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
—
Eresay Alcantar-Velasquez,
Lawrence Rael,
Kahleya Chapmen,
Katelin Fisher,
Sakshi Patil,
Eliane El Hayek,
Angelica Benavidez,
Abdul-Mehd Ali,
Michael N. Spilde,
Angélica Sáenz-Trevizo,
Adrian Brearley,
José M. Cerrato,
and Johanna M. Blake
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Morning break featuring drinks, snacks, conversation
Macey Upstairs Lobby: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote Address:
Auditorium:
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Chair: Steve Wells
—
Jay Lazarus,
Jim Riesterer,
Paul Drakos,
and Dane Goble
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
NMGS Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
Auditorium: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Presentation of NMBGMR Earth Science Achievement Award to Dave Love
Auditorium: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Student-Professional Mixer Luncheon (ticket required)
Deju House: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
Socorro restaurants or New Mexico Tech cafeteria: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hydrogeology:
Auditorium:
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Chair: Rachel Coyte
—
Amy C. Lewis
and Dan C. Cadol
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
—
Jennifer Lindline,
Kiara Takacs,
Daniel Chadborn,
and Marine Foucher
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
—
Antonio Chavez
and Rachel Coyte
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
—
Racha Berjaoui
and Rachel M. Coyte
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
—
Alexander Nelson Forsyth
and Rachel Coyte
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
—
Amy Jordan,
Sean D. Connell,
Seogi Kang,
Noah Dewar,
Stacy Timmons,
and Laila Sturgis
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
—
Sean D. Connell,
Amy Jordan,
Peter Guerra,
Ahsan Jamil,
Seogi Kang,
Noah Dewar,
Stacy Timmons,
and Laila Sturgis
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Tectonics, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology:
Galena Room:
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Chair: Shari Kelley
—
Ronald F. Broadhead
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
—
Spencer G. Lucas
and Karl Krainer
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
—
Paul T. May,
Spencer G. Lucas,
and Anton Becker-Stumpf
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
—
John B. Rogers
and Spencer G. Lucas
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
—
Daniel J. Koning,
Brad D. Sion,
Richard P. Lozinsky,
Kathleen Rodriguez,
Andrew P. Jochems,
and Nelia Dunbar
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Posters, afternoon snacks, cash bar with one free drink ticket
Macey Upstairs Lobby: 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Poster Session:
Macey Upstairs Lobby:
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Chair: Nelia Dunbar
—
Isabella Oviedo
and Marisa Repasch
Booth:
1
—
Tiffany Spence
and Daniel Cadol
Booth:
2
—
Colman Lee,
Jennifer Lindline,
and Marine Foucher
Booth:
3
—
Eli Roy Froning,
Cameron Chavez Reed,
Marisa Repasch,
and Karl Karlstrom
Booth:
4
—
Blaine Cecil,
Spencer G. Lucas,
Jeffrey M. Rahl,
James E. Barrick,
and William A. DiMichele
Booth:
5
—
Yazmin Acuna,
Daniela Jimenez,
Victoria Olvera,
Jay Chapman,
Lily Jackson,
and Richard Langford
Booth:
6
—
Alejandra Flores Aguilera,
James B. Chapman,
Lily J. Jackson,
and Paulina Alverado
Booth:
7
—
Isaiah Archuleta,
Jennifer Lindline,
Marine Foucher,
and Thomas Albers
Booth:
8
—
Matthew Avery Ponce,
Kevin M. Hobbs,
Laura Waters,
and Julia Ricci
Booth:
9
—
Rebecca A. Boakye,
Virginia T. McLemore,
Nicole Hurtig,
and Bonnie Frey
Booth:
11
—
Jakob Newcomer
and William Chavez
Booth:
12
—
Samantha Beauchaine,
Nels Iverson,
Nicole Hurtig,
and Virginia McLemore
Booth:
13
—
Melina C. Karavousanos,
Mackenzie B. Best,
Daniel S. Jones,
and Virginia T. McLemore
Booth:
14
—
Luc E. Carbonneau
and Daniel S. Jones
Booth:
15
—
James C. Witcher
Booth:
16
—
Matthew Kaspar,
Benjamin Tobin,
and Margaret Furtner
Booth:
17
—
Angela Bosco Mensah
and Ranalda Tsosie
Booth:
18
—
Kamren S. Moore,
Jennifer Lindline,
Marine Foucher,
and Michael Petronis
Booth:
19
—
Tin Trung Nguyen
and Dan Cadol
Booth:
20
—
Bernard Nkrumah Attobrah
and Enrico Zorzetto
Booth:
21
—
Randy J. Pence,
Luke Toll,
and Spencer G. Lucas
Booth:
22
—
Paul L. Sealey
and Spencer G. Lucas
Booth:
23