Rate My Professor Dave Craw

Craw has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, achieving substantial academic impact with thousands of citations. Key contributions include "Erosion, Himalayan geodynamics, and the geomorphology of metamorphism" (Zeitler et al., 2001, GSA Today, 647 citations), "Sources of metals and fluids in orogenic gold deposits: insights from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand" (Pitcairn et al., 2006, Economic Geology, 509 citations), "Climatic and tectonic controls on chemical weathering in the New Zealand Southern Alps" (Jacobson et al., 2003, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325 citations), "The geomicrobiology of gold" (Reith et al., 2007, ISME Journal, 301 citations), and "Goodbye Gondwana? New Zealand biogeography, geology, and the problem of circularity" (Waters & Craw, 2006, Systematic Biology, 258 citations). His applied research supports mining economics, environmental management, and initiatives like the South Island Precious Metals programme and the Centre for Minerals Environmental Research. In 2018, Craw received the University of Otago Distinguished Research Medal, the highest research honor at the institution, accompanied by a public lecture highlighting his applied impact. He remains active, publishing recent works such as "Aeolian and biogeochemical transformations of detrital gold morphology" (Palmer & Craw, 2026, New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics) and "Geological processes shaping freshwater biodiversity" (Waters et al., 2026, Biological Reviews).