Dr. Casey Brown is an internationally recognized expert in water resources, big data and climate adaptation and entrepreneur. Dr. Brown is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and co-founder of two water start-ups. He serves on two National Academies Committees and a number of other scientific committees. His research has been recognized with the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Climate Science Award from the California Department of Water Resources.Dr. Brown is also Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Tova, an enterprise pioneering deep-learning technologies for climate-smart water risk management. Tova’s WaterProof platform harnesses deep learning and remote sensing technologies to power scalable hydrologic analysis, enabling site to basin scale forecasting, investment planning and verification. Tova seeks to create greater trust, confidence and accountability in investments to mitigate water risk and build resilience to climate and Earth system change.