Paul R. Bloom
Professor, Plant Biology
Director, Natural Organic Matter Center
Office: 460 Borlaug Hall
Phone: 612-625-4711
E-mail: prb@umn.edu
Home page
Bloom's
Soil, Water, and Climate page
Bloom's Natural Organic Matter Center page
Research Projects
Bloom's CTS research projects
Paul Bloom's research is concentrated in the area of soil chemistry, minerology, and pollution; he is particularly interested in the interactions between organic soil materials and metallic elements.
Bloom recieved B.S. and M.A.T. degrees from the University of Montana, and a Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry from Cornell University. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, and a member of the American Society of Agronomy, the American Chemical Society, the International Humic Substances Society (where he has served as Vice President and President) and Sigma Xi.