Aaron William Bivins

Environmental Health Science

Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Science

Environmental Health Science

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 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 in the state of Georgia and board-certified environmental engineer.

Education

PhD, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
MS, Environmental Engineering, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
BS, Civil Engineering, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007

More About

PE, Georgia, PE037066
Board Certified Environmental Engineer (AAEES)

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Microbiology
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Environmental Engineering
Digital PCR

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Environment and Ecology, 2025, 2023
40 Under 40 Recognition Program, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, 2024
Fulbright-Nehru Graduate Research Fellow, U.S. Department of State, 2017

Course Instruction

EHSC 4100/4100L

Research Interests

The Micro2Macro Lab mission is to engineer a human society that is resilient to infectious disease. We implement this vision through contributions in three modalities: (1) We develop novel techniques to OBSERVE microbes in built and natural environments; (2) We use computational techniques and field data to build policy-relevant models to PREDICT risks; (3) We drive microbial risk insights into design and policy processes to enable evidence-based decision-making to PREVENT infectious disease transmission. OBSERVE. PREDICT. PREVENT.