B.S. Environmental Science | 2011
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Advisor: Dr. Laura J. Crossey
Senior Thesis: Mixing between an alpine river and hydrothermal springs: Controls on water quality and solute loading in the Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, NM
M.S. Geology | 2013
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Advisor: Dr. Joel L. Pederson
Thesis: Formation, deformation, and incision of Colorado River terraces upstream of Moab, Utah
Source Water Protection Team Lead | April 2023-Present
New Mexico Environment Department
Albuquerque, NM
Field Geologist | September 2013-September 2019; November 2021-March 2023
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Socorro, NM
Source Water Specialist | January 2020-November 2021
New Mexico Environment Department
Santa Fe, NM
Publications Chair | January 2017-September 2019
New Mexico Geological Society
Socorro, NM
Jochems, A.P., Hobbs, K.M., and Mustoe, G.E., 2022, Fossil wood in the upper Santa Fe Group, south-central New Mexico: Implications for mineralization style and paragenesis: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 72, p. 295–304, doi: 10.56577/FFC-72.295.
Jochems, A.P., and Morgan, G.S., 2018, A stable isotope record from paleosols and groundwater carbonate of the Plio-Pleistocene Camp Rice Formation, Hatch-Rincon Basin, south-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 69, p. 109-117, doi: 10.56577/FFC-69.109.
Koning, D.J., Jochems, A.P., and Heizler, M.T., 2018, Early Pliocene paleovalley incision during early Rio Grande evolution in southern New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 69, p. 93-108, doi: 10.56577/FFC-69.93.
Morgan, G.S., Sealey, P.L., Jochems, A.P., and Gensler, P.A., 2018, Late Pliocene (Blancan) vertebrates from the Camp Rice Formation in the vicinity of Hatch, Doña Ana and Sierra Counties, southern New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 79, p. 513-553.
Koning, D.J., Jochems, A.P., Morgan, G.S., Lueth, V., and Peters, L., 2016, Stratigraphy, gravel provenance, and age of early Rio Grande deposits exposed 1-2 km northwest of downtown Truth or Consequences, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 67, p. 459-478, doi: 10.56577/FFC-67.459.
Jochems, A.P., and Koning, D.J., 2015, Holocene stratigraphy and a preliminary geomorphic history for the Palomas Basin, south-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, p. 77-88.
Jochems, A.P., and Pederson, J.L., 2015, Active salt deformation and rapid, transient incision along the Colorado River near Moab, Utah: Journal of Geophsyical Research—Earth Surface, p. 730-744, doi: 10.1002/2014JF003169.
Yang, X., Scuderi, L., Liu, T., Paillou, P., Li, H., Dong, J., Zhu, B., Jiang, W., Jochems, A., and Weissmann, G., 2011, Formation of the highest sand dunes on Earth: Geomorphology, v. 135, p. 108-116, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.008.
Jochems, A.P., and Aby, S.B., 2024, Geologic map of the Chupadera 7.5-minute quadrangle, Socorro and Torrance Counties, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 306, scale 1:24,000.
Koning, D.J., Jochems, A.P., Krupnick, J.M., McLemore, V.T., Neudorf, C.M., Ricci, J., and Attia, S., 2024, Geologic map of the Socorro 30 x 60-minute quadrangle, Socorro, Torrance, and Valencia Counties, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 317, scale 1:100,000.
Aby, S.B., and Jochems, A.P., 2022, Geologic map of the Rayo Hills 7.5-minute quadrangle, Socorro and Torrance Counties, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 300, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., Kelley, S.A., and Seager, W.R., 2020, Geologic map of the Tortugas Mountain 7.5-minute quadrangle, Doña Ana County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 282, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., and Koning, D.J., 2019, Geologic map of the Black Hill 7.5-minute quadrangle, Socorro County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 274, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., and Cox, B.E., 2019, Geologic map of the Priest Tank 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 275, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., 2017, Geologic map of the Arroyo Cuervo 7.5-minute quadrangle, Doña Ana and Sierra Counties, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 261, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., and Koning, D.J., 2017, Geologic map of the Clark Spring Canyon 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 263, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., and Koning, D.J., 2016, Geologic map of the Saladone Tank 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 259, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., 2015, Geologic map of the Williamsburg NW 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 251, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., and Koning, D.J., 2015, Geologic map of the Williamsburg 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 250, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A.P., Kelley, S.A., Seager, W.R., Cikoski, C.T., and Koning, D.J., 2014, Geologic map of the Hillsboro 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 242, scale 1:24,000.
Jochems, A., 2023, Overview of PFAS investigations in New Mexico's drinking water: American Groundwater Trust, 2023 New Mexico Groundwater Conference Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Jochems, A., 2021, Collaborative investigations of PFAS in New Mexico's drinking water sources: Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, State Approaches for PFAS Drinking Water Sampling Programs webinar [virtual].
Jochems, A., Koning, D., and Cikoski, C., 2018, Updated stratigraphic nomenclature of the Plio-Pleistocene Palomas Formation (upper Santa Fe Group), south-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 2018 Annual Meeting, Proceedings Volume, p. 37.
Jochems, A.P., Haller, K.M., and Koning, D.J., 2016, An updated map of Quaternary faults and folds in New Mexico: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7, doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-280631.
Jochems, A.P., Koning, D., Monger, C., and Love, D., 2015, Late Holocene alluviation in the Palomas basin, south-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 2015 Annual Meeting, Proceedings Volume, p. 26.
Jochems, A.P., and Pederson, J.L, 2013, Incision and salt deformation along the incising Colorado River and its tributaries north of Moab, Utah: Geological Society of America, 125th Annual Meeting, 2013 Program, v. 45, no. 7, p. 57.
Jochems, A.P., and Pederson, J.L, 2012, Linkages of fluvial terrace formation and geometry to Milankovitch-scale climate change revealed by the chronostratigraphy of the Colorado River above Moab, UT, and regional correlations: American Geophysical Union, 2012 Fall Meeting, Abstract EP53C-1051.
Jochems, A.P., Sherson, L.R., Crossey, L.J., and Karlstrom K.E, 2010, Predictive analysis of geochemical controls in an alpine stream: American Geophsyical Union, 2010 Fall Meeting, Abstract H31D-1041.
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