Dr. Ernesto Valero Thomas is a professional in the fields of Architecture and Urban Studies. His research focuses on designing hybrid methods for mapping the flow and consumption of water, food, waste and energy in cities. The purpose is to shape and influence architectural practices, decentralised infrastructures, and cultural narratives of environmental sustainability, particularly in the Global South.

From 2017 to 2021 he held the position of Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Design at DETAO-Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, where he served as the Academic Coordinator of the Ecological Architecture Design Program. From 2021 to 2025 Ernesto served as Senior Manager and Researcher of the Sustainable Infrastructures Initiative at the School of Architecture in the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

His professional background is in developing solutions to urban mobility and implementing them in Mexico City. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals from the United States (UCLA), Mexico (UNAM), the United Kingdom (Bristol University Press) and in the book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Penguin Random House). As a member of Editorial Boards, Dr. Valero Thomas has collaborated in the publication of Methodologies for Sustainable Projects (ESALA, Scotland), and the Proceedings of SENVAR 2018: Architecture and the Built Environment Towards Future Challenges (SENVAR-Atlantis Press, Indonesia).

Dr. Valero Thomas has taught courses at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), including Technology and Environment 1 and 2. His research findings have been presented in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Ireland, Ecuador, Chile, India, South Korea, and China.

Ernesto holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Edinburgh. He received an MSc in Advanced Sustainable Design from the University of Edinburgh, and a BArch at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Ernesto served as President of the Mexican Society at the University of Edinburgh from 2012 to 2013