Miklas Scholz

Sufficient Clean Water for Everyone

Scientist. Researcher. Innovator.

Miklas Scholz, cand ing, BEng (equiv), PgC, MSc, PhD, DSc, CWEM, CEnv, CSci, CEng, FHEA, FIEMA, FCIWEM, FICE, Fellow of IWA, Fellow of IETI is a Distinguished Professor at Johannesburg University, South Africa. Miklas holds the Chair in Civil Engineering as a Professor at The University of Salford, United Kingdom, and is a Senior Researcher at the South Ural State University, The Russian Federation. He is also a Technical Specialist for Nexus by Sweden and a Hydraulic Engineer at Kunststoff-Technik Adams, Germany.

Prof. Scholz has shown individual excellence evidenced by world-leading publications, postgraduate supervision and research impact. His main research areas in terms of publication output are as follow: treatment wetlands, integrated constructed wetlands (ICW), sustainable flood retention basins (SFRB) and urban water management.

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Total Citations
Academic Appointments

Asset Manager of Drinking Water Networks

The Department of Asset Management und Strategic Planning at the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV), Brake (Unterweser), Germany.

Professor in Water Resources Engineering

Avdelningen för Teknisk Vattenresurslära, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sverige

Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

Distinguished Professor in Civil Engineering Science

Department of Civil Engineering Science, School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus

Professor in Civil Engineering and Chair in Civil Engineering

School of Science, Engineering and Environment, College of Science and Technology, The University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Senior Researcher

Department of Town Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems, South Ural State University (National Research University), Chelyabinsk, The Russian Federation

Honorary Distinguished Professor in Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein Campus, Westdene, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Professional Qualifications
Since 2025

Head of Water Department and Member of the Management Board

RBS wave GmbH, a company of Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Stuttgart, Germany.

Since 2023

Asset Manager of Drinking Water Networks

Department of Asset Management und Strategic Planning at the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV), Brake (Unterweser), Germany

Since 2019

Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI)

Since 2012

Fellow Member of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI)

Since 2012

Fellow Member of the International Water Association (IWA)

Since 2010

Fellow Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Since July 2007

Fellow Member of The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). Registered as a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager via CIWEM

Since 2005

Fellow Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA); Affiliate Member of IEMA in 2004; Member of IEMA in 2005

Since 2004

Registration as a Chartered Environmentalist via CIWEM

Since 2004

Registration as a Chartered Scientist via CIWEM

Between 2003 and 2010

Member of ICE

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