Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom
Professor Emeritus
[email protected]
612-625-4711

1991 Upper Buford Circle
St Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education
  • BS, University of Montana - 1970
  • MS, University of Montana - 1972
  • PhD, Cornell University - 1978

Areas of Interest

Environmental Chemistry

Research

I am interested in the applications of basic principles of chemistry to problems in soil science. One important area of interest is the interactions of various elements with soil organic matter. Recently I have used x-ray spectroscopy to elucidate the chemistry of phosphorus, sulfur and mercury in soil organic matter. I also have worked with wild rice growers on problems related to plant nutrition and I continue a long-standing interest in the problem of iron deficiency chlorosis in soybeans.

Select Publications

  • Skyllberg U, PR  Bloom, J Qian, C-M Lin and WF Bleam 2006 Complexation of mercury(II) in soil organic matter: EXAFS evidence for linear two-coordination with reduced sulfur groups. Environ. Sci. and Tech. 40 (13): 4174-4180
  • Khwaja, A.R., P.R. Bloom, and P.L. Brezonik (2006) Binding constants of divalent mercury (Hg2+) in soil humic acids and soil organic matter. Environ. Sci. and Tech. 40(3); 844-849.
  • Skyllberg U, PR  Bloom, J Qian, C-M Lin and WF Bleam 2006 Complexation of mercury(II) in soil organic matter: EXAFS evidence for linear two-coordination with reduced sulfur groups. Environ. Sci. and Tech. 40 (13): 4174-4180.
  • P.R. Bloom, U.L. Skyllberg M. E. Sumner 2005. .Soil Acidity pp. 411 - 460 In A. Tabatabai and D. Sparks eds. .Chemical processes in soils, SSSA Book Series No. 8. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Madison.
  • Zhang, H. and P.R. Bloom. 1999. The dissolution of hornblende in organic acid solution. soil Sci. Soc. Am. 39:815-822.
  • Xia, K., F. Wessner, W. Bleam, P.R. Bloom, U.L. Skyllberg, and P.A. Helmke. 1998. XANES studies of oxidation states of S in soil and aquatic humic substances. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62:1240-1246.
  • P.R. Bloom 1999. Soil pH and pH buffering. pp. B.333-B.350 M.E. Sumner (ed.) Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  • M. Badraoui, P.R.Bloom, and R. Bouabid 1992 Palygorskite-Smectite association in a Xerochrept of the High Chaouia region of Morocco. Soil Sci.Soc. Amer.J.  56:1640-1646.
  • Inskeep, W.P., and P.R. Bloom. 1986. Effects of soil moisture on soil pCO2 soil solution bicarbonate and iron chlorosis in soybeans. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50:946–952.
  • Inskeep, W.P. and P.R. Bloom. 1986. Kinetics of calcite precipitation in the presence of water soluble organic ligands.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50:1167–1172.