Anna Thomas

Anna Thomas is an Aerospace Engineer & Partner at Prime Movers Lab, enabling scientific and engineering breakthroughs in space, aviation, and climate/energy tech.
Anna’s mission is to promote a future of exploration and connectedness through key advancements in space, aviation, and transportation that also benefit the planet with a strong focus on sustainability and inclusion.
Prior to joining Prime Movers Lab, Anna spent time in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting government clients by founding and scaling novel data science and venture programs as well as managing large programs dedicated to providing funding and advising to startups to enable innovation in natural carbon solutions.
Before consulting, Anna spent time at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a fellow and principal investigator, building a new laboratory capability leveraging infrared spectroscopy to study the ignition chemistry of alternative fuels for ground and aviation applications.
Anna received a PhD and MS from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a focus on the physical chemistry and ignition of green propellants for in-space propulsion applications.
Anna also has a degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and was awarded a Fulbright to Germany to research combustion physics for aircraft turbine engines.
Anna is an adventurer who loves the outdoors, spending time with her dogs, traveling around the globe, building things, and practicing languages.