Carrie Givens is the Environmental Microbiology Team Lead at the United States Geological Survey Upper Midwest Water Science Center. She is a Microbiologist with the Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory (Lansing, MI).
Carrie Givens is the Environmental Microbiology Team Lead at the United States Geological Survey Upper Midwest Water Science Center. She leads and collaborates on research exploring bacterial pathogens and antibiotic resistance in the environment, microbial communities associated with harmful algal blooms, and the influence of the environment and chemical contaminants on the host microbiome. She has a B.S. in Biology from the University of South Carolina Honors College and a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Georgia.
Professional Experience
U.S. Geological Survey, 03/2014-present
Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Lansing, MI 48911
Microbiologist, Lead for Environmental Microbiology Team
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 02/2013-02/2014
Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Arlington, VA 22203
Fish and Wildlife Biologist - Knauss Sea Grant FellowUniversity of Georgia, 08/2007-12/2012
Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA 30602Advisor: Dr. James T. Hollibaugh
Graduate Research AssistantDissertation: A Fish Tale: Comparison of the Gut Microbiome of 15 Fish Species and the Influence of Diet and Temperature on its Composition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 03/2011-05/2011
Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory, Dauphin Island, AL 36528
Public Health Oceans & Human Health InternProject Focus: Investigation of the fish intestine and sediment as potential reservoirs of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 06/2010-08/2010
Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29412
NOAA Oceans & Human Health InternProject Focus: Comparison of the microbial communities associated wi
Undergraduate Researcher - Senior Honors Thesis, 10/2006-05/2007
University of South Carolina Honors College, Columbia, SC 29201
Thesis Director: Dr. Rudolph E Mancke
Second Reader: Dr. Thomas J. Hilbish
Comparison of the ancestral armadillo fossil record with the current species distribution of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the Southeastern United States
Environmental Intern, 05/2005-08/2005
Santee Cooper Power, Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Undergraduate Researcher - Honors Independent Study, 01/2005-05/2005
University of South Carolina Honors College, Columbia, SC 29201
The Care and Use of Small Animals in Education at Riverbanks Zoo
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. in Marine Science, 08/2007-12/2012, University of Georgia (UGA), Athens, GA
B.S. in Biology with minor in Marine Science with Honors, 08/2003-05/2007, University of South Carolina Honors College, Columbia, SC
International Student, 02/2006-07/2006, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Affiliations and Memberships
Member, Bioscience Advisory Committee for Wilson Talent Center (Lansing, MI)
Honors and Awards
Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, 2013
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, NOAA Oceans & Human Health Initiative, 2008-2011