Provost and professor, mineralogy, economic geology, scanning electron microscopy
(937)327-7915
Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Geology, is currently co-authoring the five-volume Handbook of Mineralogy, a comprehensive compilation and critical review of the physical and chemical properties and the origins of the 3,400 known mineral species. Bladh teaches mineralogy, physical geology, and economic geology and tutors students in the geologic applications of X-ray analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and lapidary preparation. A frequent judge and exhibitor at regional mineral shows, he has published in journals such as American Mineralogist, Economic Geology, and Rocks and Minerals and lectures on mineralogy to regional mineral societies. He received his B.A. from Wittenberg University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Sharing an appointment at Wittenberg with his wife, Katherine Laing Bladh, he joined the faculty in 1978.
