CourtneyGardner

Bio
Courtney Gardner is an assistant professor of environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Before she arrived in Austin, she was a faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University.

Gardner obtained her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Duke University for her work evaluating the contribution of GE crops to environmental antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment and agricultural systems. She also obtained her M.S. in civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and her B.S. in biology from Stetson University.

Gardner’s research interests lie in using principles from molecular biotechnology, biogeochemistry and environmental engineering to understand and predict how external stress alters the structure and function of microbial communities in natural and engineered systems.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2017
M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2015
B.S., Biology, Stetson University, 2011

Select Awards & Honors

• Mary Ann Liebert Award for Publication Excellence – Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2025)
• ExCEEd Teaching Fellow – American Society of Civil Engineers (2021)
• Extramural Paper of the Month – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Elected Member – American Society of Civil Engineers (2019)
• Jeffrey B. Taub Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Award – Duke University (2017)
• Graduate Research Fellow – National Science Foundation (2013-2016)

Related Websites
Resilient Environmental Bioprocess Engineering Lab
Center for Water and the Environment

Select Publications