

{"id":29,"date":"2016-09-26T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:31:01","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<hr>\n<h2 class=\"column\"><strong>Nicholas C. Davatzes, PhD<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-367 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_7989-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_7989-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_7989-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_7989-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor<br>Chair, Earth &amp; Environmental Science<br>Temple University<br>1901 N. 13th Street<br>EES, Beury Hall, Rm 307<br>Philadelphia, PA 19122<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\"><hr>\n<h2>Specialties:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Structural Geology<\/li>\n<li>Geomechanics<\/li>\n<li>Stress in the brittle crust<\/li>\n<li>Fault zone architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Academic Appointments:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2017-present: Chair, Earth and Environmental Science<\/li>\n<li>2014-present: Associate Professor&nbsp;of Earth and Environmental Science<\/li>\n<li>2008-2014: Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA<\/li>\n<li>Summers 2008, 2009, 2010: Invited Visiting Professor, RES School of Renewable Energy Science, Akureyri, Iceland (1 week condensed Geothermal Drilling and Logging (GEO605) as part of the International M.Sc. degree program in Geothermal Energy Science; Advising of&nbsp;M.Sc. research projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Education:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2004-2007: Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Team, Menlo Park, CA; Advisors: Steve Hickman and Colin Williams, Earthquake Hazards Center<\/li>\n<li>2003-2004: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Rock Fracture Project<\/li>\n<li>1998-2003: Ph.D. Stanford University, Stanford California, Geology, (Advisor: Dr. Atilla Aydin)<\/li>\n<li>1994-1998: B.A. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Majors: Geology (with Honors) and Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Vitae<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_1513-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_1513\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_1513-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_1513-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_1513-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/files\/2025\/08\/Nicholas-Davatzes-CV-20250831.pdf\">CV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=FWfJM1EAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nicholas-davatzes-a5947438?trk=hp-identity-name\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>v2022-12-12, \u00a9 Nicholas C. Davatzes, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholas C. Davatzes, PhD Associate ProfessorChair, Earth &amp; Environmental ScienceTemple University1901 N. 13th StreetEES, Beury Hall, Rm 307Philadelphia, PA 19122 Specialties: Structural Geology Geomechanics Stress in the brittle crust Fault zone architecture Academic Appointments: 2017-present: Chair, Earth and Environmental Science &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/bio\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8825,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ncdavatzes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}