Biography
My primary field areas are in the Precambrian rocks of the Barberton greenstone belt in South Africa, and the Pilbara craton / Hamersley Basin in western Australia; I have also worked on turbidites in the Mesozoic sediments of the Torres del Paine, southern Chile; and the tectonic record of subducting seamounts on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
EES 0827 | Hidden Figures to Gamergate: Race and Gender in Science and Technology | Undergraduate |
EES 5702 | Sedimentary Petrology | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Wilson, C., Shipley, T., & Davatzes, A. (2020). Evidence of vulnerability to decision bias in expert field scientists. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(5), 1217-1223. doi: 10.1002/acp.3677.
Souders, K. & Davatzes, A. (2020). Bottom-current depositional model and characterization of the Paraburdoo Member surrounding the Paraburdoo Spherule Layer, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 338. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105596.
Myer, R., Shipley, T., & Davatzes, A. (2018). Reasoning about time from space: Visual continuity may disrupt reasoning about the passage of time within accreted materials. Journal of Geoscience Education, 66(2), 147-165. doi: 10.1080/10899995.2018.1451183.
Resnick, I., Davatzes, A., Newcombe, N., & Shipley, T. (2017). Using analogy to learn about phenomena at scales outside human perception. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2(1). doi: 10.1186/s41235-017-0054-7.
Smith, J., Smith, F., Ottaway, J., Krull-Davatzes, A., Simonson, B., Glass, B., & Booksh, K. (2017). Raman Microspectroscopic Mapping with Multivariate Curve Resolution–Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS) Applied to the High-Pressure Polymorph of Titanium Dioxide, TiO
2 -II. Applied Spectroscopy, 71(8), 1816-1833. doi: 10.1177/0003702816687573.Smith, J., Smith, F., Krull-Davatzes, A., Simonson, B., Glass, B., & Booksh, K. (2017). Raman microspectroscopic mapping with multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) of the high-pressure, α-PbO
2 -structured polymorph of titanium dioxide, TiO2 -II. Chemical Data Collections, 9-10, 35-43. doi: 10.1016/j.cdc.2017.02.005.Resnick, I., Davatzes, A., Newcombe, N., & Shipley, T. (2017). Using Relational Reasoning to Learn About Scientific Phenomena at Unfamiliar Scales. Educational Psychology Review, 29(1), 11-25. doi: 10.1007/s10648-016-9371-5.
(2022). Trace Element Geochemistry of Compositionally Layered Impact Spherules. Temple University. Libraries.
Korman, K. & Davatzes, A. (2022). Turbidite Bed Thickness Distributions Surrounding the Paraburdoo Spherule Layer. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 48.
McLaughlin, J. & Davatzes, A. (2022). Erosion and Basin Modification of Smaller Complex Craters in the Isidis Region, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 48.
Nyquist, J., Kanaley, C., Burrell, S., Toran, L., Davatzes, A., & Brandt, C. (2017). A GeoPATH-funded math mentoring initiative for retention. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=geh&AN=2018-012973&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=uid&user=ebony&password=lewis.