Marc Edwards (civil engineering professor)

Marc Edwards
Edwards testifying during the Flint water crisis hearing, March 2016
Born	1964 (age 52–53)
Residence	Blacksburg, Virginia
Nationality	American
Education	State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S.) University of Washington (M.S., Ph.D.)
Alma mater	State University of New York at Buffalo University of Washington
Occupation	Professor
Employer	Virginia Tech
Known for	Water-supply safety and engineering
Home town	Buffalo, New York
Title	Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Term	August 23, 2004–present
Predecessor	Clifford Randall
Board member of	Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (president, 2001–2005)
Children	2
Awards	MacArthur Fellow, 2007 Outstanding Faculty Award, 2007 Praxis Award in Professional Ethics, 2010

Marc Edwards (born 1964) is a civil engineering/environmental engineer and the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. An expert on water treatment and corrosion, Edwards's research on elevated lead levels in Washington, DC's municipal water supply gained national attention, changed the city's recommendations on water use in homes with lead service pipes, and caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to admit to publishing a report so rife with errors that a congressional investigation called it "scientifically indefensible". He is considered one of the world's leading experts in water corrosion in home plumbing, and a nationally recognized expert on copper corrosion. He is also one of the whistleblowers in the Flint water crisis, along with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.

Edwards was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007. The program cited him for "playing a vital role in ensuring the safety of drinking water and in exposing deteriorating water-delivery infrastructure in America’s largest cities". In 2004, Time magazine featured him as one of the United States' most innovative scientists.

Edwards, a native of the Buffalo, New York area, received a Bachelor of Science degree in biophysics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1986. He received his Master of Science in 1988 and his Ph.D. in engineering in 1991 from the University of Washington.

Edwards taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1997, he joined the faculty of Virginia Tech's department of civil and environmental engineering. From 2001 to 2005, he served as president of the board of directors for the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. He delivered Virginia Tech's Graduate School Commencement address on December 19, 2008.