National Cave and Karst Research Institute

Carlsbad, New Mexico | Conduct, support, facilitate, and promote programs in cave and karst research, education, environmental management, and data acquisition and sharing.

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About

NCKRI was born from a passion for protecting caves with their abundant research opportunities and diversity of resources.

People

  • Valerie Davis

    Valerie Davis

    Interim Director and Operations Division Director

    Lifelong New Mexican who values supporting educational endeavors by utilizing her administrative skills to support research programs, with sustainable and creative solutions.

  • Dr. Daniel S. Jones

    Dr. Dan Jones

    Assistant Professor of Geobiology, New Mexico Tech
    Academic Director NCKRI

    Dan has been studying caves and the microbes that make them since 2005. Geomicrobiologist, geochemist, and karst scientist. Assistant Professor of Geobiology at New Mexico Tech.

  • Dr. Patricia Seiser at ICS

    Dr. Patricia Seiser

    Cave and Karst Management Science Director

    I view life like a never-ending cave—always something different around the next corner, always something new to see and explore, and on occasion a passage brings you right back to where you started from but having learned a great deal.

  • Dr. Lewis Land

    Dr. Lewis Land

    Karst Hydrogeologist

    Lewis has been doing hydrogeology in New Mexico since 2002. Most of his work involves big-picture investigations of karstic aquifers, but he sometimes finds his way into caves and sinkholes.

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    Devra Heyer

    Education Program Manager

    Mary Poppins and Ms. Frizzle are my heroes, so I take chances, make mistakes, and have a never-ending tool bag to solve problems. I also like to trepidatiously go where no one has gone before with an ample supply of gummy bears.