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Joel D. Blum
- Professor
- Ph.D. Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1990
- E&ES webpage
Contact information
- University of Michigan
4009 CC Little Building
1100 North University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 - Phone: (734) 615-3242
- Fax: (734) 763-4690
- Email: jdblum@umich.edu
Fields of study
Geochemical controls on ecosystems, trace element and isotope geochemistry
Fields of interest
Sustainable forestry, global climate change, toxic metals in the environment, water and soil quality
UM affiliation
- John D MacArthur Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Related news
Blum wins 2013 Patterson Award for research on mercury
Environmental scientist Joel D. Blum has been awarded the 2013 Clair C. Patterson Award from the Geochemical Society for his groundbreaking research on mercury.
"Fingerprinting" method tracks mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant
For the first time, the chemical "fingerprints" of the element mercury have been used by UM researchers to directly link environmental pollution to a specific coal-burning power plant.
New AAAS fellow
Joel Blum, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Geological Sciences and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology is a newly elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
