Please join the EHS Department for Dr. Bivins’s seminar, Resilient By Design: Building Human Civilization to Repulse Infectious Disease, on Wednesday from 12:40–1:30 PM in Warnell Forestry Resources 1, Room 0304.

Dr. Aaron Bivins is a public health engineer working to mitigate infectious diseases via microbially-informed engineering and policy design. His research integrates environmental microbiology and engineering principles to produce quantitative decision-making frames for public health. In support of these efforts, Dr. Bivins and his team carry out three distinct research functions. They develop novel microbiology techniques to detect and quantify microorganisms in the environment. They use these quantitative risk assessment techniques to translate microbial data streams into health risks associated with human exposures. They integrate model-derived insights into engineering and policy to increase society’s resilience against infectious diseases. In support of his research, Dr. Bivins has spent significant time working across cultures, including research projects in India (2017 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar), Mozambique, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Jamaica. His research interests are informed by his professional practice designing hydraulic infrastructure, including water distribution, wastewater collection, and stormwater systems. Dr. Bivins completed his PhD in environmental engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a licensed civil engineer and board-certified environmental engineer.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/96910431150?pwd=0mHgpKiXosg6kd7eayKdg0SwafHzmf.1
Meeting ID: 969 1043 1150
Passcode: 306210