Myer Bloom, (7 December 1928 â 9 February 2016) was a Canadian physicist, specializing in the theory and applications of Nuclear magnetic resonance.
Bloom was born into a Jewish family in Montreal in 1928. After secondary education at Baron Byng High School, Bloom received in 1949 his B.S. and in 1950 his M.S. from McGill University. In 1954 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at UrbanaâÂÂChampaign under Charles Slichter with thesis Magnetic Induction in Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance. Bloom was supported by an NRC Travelling Postdoctoral Fellowship at Leiden University from 1954 to 1956. At the University of British Columbia, he was a research associate in 1956âÂÂ1957, an assistant professor in 1957âÂÂ1960, an associate professor in 1960âÂÂ1963, a full professor in 1963âÂÂ1994, and professor emeritus from 1995 until his death. He was a visiting professor at Harvard University, Kyoto University, the University of Paris Sud, the University of Rome, and the Danish Technical University.
With Karl Erdman, Bloom collaborated on the transverse SternâÂÂGerlach experiment.
He had a wife Margaret Patricia Bloom (née Holmes), a son David Bloom, and a daughter Margot Bloom. He published in 2014 a book of personal recollections Lucky Hazards: My Life in Physics.