Matjaž MIKOŠ

Dr. Mikoš is a professor in Hydrology and professor in Hydraulic Engineering and head of the Research Institute on Geo and Hydro Threats, and Head of the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction - the first UNESCO Chair at the University of Ljubljana. He is also a certified civil engineer, member of the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers. For more than 20 years, Dr. Mikoš has been involved in activities of the International Research Society Interpraevent, based in Klagenfurt, Austria. As a civil engineer, Dr. Mikoš has been involved in the mitigation of large landslides in Slovenia and has made such a significant contribution that UL FGG has been awarded the title of a World Centre of Excellence in Landslide Risk Reduction from 2008 by the International Programme on Landslides. He is currently serving as Vice President of the International Consortium on Landslides, based in Kyoto, Japan.

The 2000 Stože Landslide and the devastating debris flow in Log pod Mangartom changed Mikoš’s life path. The concept of the debris-flow breaker and torrent control works in the affected area required the interdisciplinary collaboration of various engineers in the mitigation of consequences.

1959 Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia

1983 Degree in Civil engineering – major in hydraulic engineering, University of Ljubljana

1988 Master’s, University of Ljubljana, Civil Engineering

1993 PhD on river dynamics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

1994 Assistant professor, University of Ljubljana

1999 Associate professor, University of Ljubljana

2006 Full professor in hydraulic engineering, University of Ljubljana

2010 Full professor in hydrology, University of Ljubljana

Important Works

Bezak N, Šraj M, Mikoš M (2016) Copula-based IDF curves and empirical rainfall thresholds for flash floods and rainfall-induced landslides. J Hydr 541, 272-284.

Šraj M, Brilly M, Mikoš M (2008) Rainfall interception by two deciduous Mediterranean forests of contrasting stature in Slovenia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148, 121-134.

Mikoš M (1993) Fluvial Abrasion of Gravel Sediments. Mitt. VAW ETHZ 123, 322 p.

Selected Awards

2009 Gold Plaque, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering

1997 membership, New York Academy of Sciences

1988–90 Bundesstipendiat an der ETH Zürich