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Joel D Blum

 

Department of Geological Sciences                           phone: (734) 615-3242
University of Michigan                                               fax: (734) 763-4690
1100 N University Avenue                                        email: jdblum@umich.edu
Ann Arbor, MI 48109                                                 


EDUCATION

Ph.D.   Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology  1990
M.Sc.  Geological Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks  1982
B.A.    Political Science and Geological Science, Case Western Reserve University  1981


PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

University of Michigan, Professor of Geological Sciences and John D. MacArthur Professor
      1999 to present
NOAA and Univ. of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
      Science Fellow 2010
Stanford University, Blaustein Fellow and Visiting Professor, School of Earth Sciences 2006
University of Michigan, Chair of Geological Sciences 2000 to 2005
University of Michigan, Professor of Ecology/Evolutionary Biology 2002 to present
Dartmouth College, Professor of Earth Sciences  1997 to 1999
Dartmouth College, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences  1994 to 1997
Dartmouth College, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences  1990 to 1994
University of Vienna, Guest Professor 1995.
California Institute of Technology, Visiting Faculty in Geochemistry  1990
Argonne National Laboratory, Research Affiliate (Chemistry and Materials Sci) 1988 to 1994
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys1983 to 1985
      Geochronology Project Supervisor , Staff Geochemist, Field Geologist
Mohawk Oil and Gas Inc. of Canada, Exploration Geologist  1982 to 1983


AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / EDITORIAL

Editor in Chief, Chemical Geology (2009 to present).
Geological Society of America Fellow (2005)
NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship  - awarded for scientific teaching and research (1993-1998)
Editorial Board Member    Geology,  (1993-2001)
Sloan Research Fellow  (national award for research in Physics/Chemistry)–Sloan Foundation (1992-1994)
Young Alumni Award – Case Western Reserve University (1995)
Alumni  Achievement Award  – University of Alaska (1995)
Edwards Prize for best paper in Wilson Bulletin (2001)
Nininger Award (international award for research) – Meteoritical Society (1987)

 

PUBLICATIONS ACCEPTED (132 papers, 2674 citations, h-index = 30)                  *student advisee
2009
*Cho, Y., Driscoll, C.T. and Blum, J.D.  (2009) The Effects of Whole-Watershed Calcium Addition on the Chemistry of Stream Storm Events at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in NH, USA. Science of the Total Environment, accepted pending minor revision.

Schaller, M., Blum, J.D. and Ehlers, T.A. (2009) Combining cosmogenic nuclides and major elements from moraine soil profiles to improve weathering rate estimates. Geomorphology 106, 198-205.

Gleason, J.D., Thomas, D.J., Moore, T.C. Jr., Blum, J.D., Owen, R.M., and Haley, B.A. (2009) Early to middle Eocene History of the Arctic Ocean from Nd-Sr isotopes in fossil fish debris, Lomonosov Ridge. Paleoceanography, in press.

*Sherman, L.S., Blum, J.D., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Barkay, T. and Vetriani, C. (2009) Mercury isotopic composition of hydrothermal systems in the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field and Guaymas Basin sea-floor rift. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 279, 86-96.

*Gehrke, G.E., Blum, J.D. and Meyers, P.A. (2009) The geochemical behavior and isotopic composition of Hg in a mid-Pleistocene Mediterranean sapropel. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 73, 1651-1665.

*Kritee, K., Barkay, T. and Blum, J.D. (2009) Mass dependent stable isotope fractionation of mercury during microbial degradation of methylmercury. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 73, 1285-1296.

*Harlavan, Y. Erel, E. and Blum, J.D. (2009) The coupled release of REE and Pb to the soil labile pool with time by weathering of accessory phases, Wind River Mountains, WY. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 73, 320-336.

Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Blum, J.D. and Kallenberg, M.A. (2009) Quantifying glacial moraine age, denudation, and soil mixing with cosmogenic nuclide depth profiles. JGR Earth Surface 114, F010102.

Horton, T., Blum, J.D., Xie, Z., Hren, M. and Chamberlain, C.P. (2009) Influence of trophic structure on mercury biomagnification in polar bears, Polar Research, in press.

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