Evan Thomas
Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Director, Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience
Founder and CEO, Virridy
Evan builds and evaluates the instruments, data systems and financing that keep water, sanitation and energy services working, from spacecraft life support at NASA to sensor networks on boreholes in northern Kenya. He holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair at CU Boulder, is jointly appointed in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is a Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, and is Vice Chair of the Millennium Water Alliance.
He has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from CU Boulder, an MPH from Oregon Health & Science University and an MBA from the Fletcher School at Tufts, and is a registered Professional Engineer. He received the International Water Association Water and Development Career Research Award in 2025 and the AEESP Steven K. Dentel Award for Global Outreach in 2023.
