Journal of Climate Change and Pollution

Professor Miklas Scholz is an internationally recognised expert in sustainable water engineering, constructed wetlands, sustainable drainage systems, and water resource management. With over 27 years of professional experience in academia and industry, he combines high-level academic research with applied engineering practice.

He has published 11 books and 361 peer-reviewed journal articles across 139 journals. His work has received over 20,000 citations, with an h-index of 70. He is listed among the world’s top 2% scientists.

He has coordinated major European Union projects including WATERAGRI (€7 million) and RainSolutions. His research has directly influenced national and international wetland and drainage system guidelines in Europe and beyond.

His vision: “Sufficient Clean Water for Everyone.

• Constructed wetlands
• Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW)
• Sustainable Flood Retention Basins (SFRB)
• Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS)
• Urban water management Wastewater treatment and reuse
• Hydraulic and environmental engineering
• Nutrient recycling and water retention
• Climate change impacts on wetland ecosystems

1. Coordinator of EU Horizon 2020 Project WATERAGRI
2. Leader of European research networks in sustainable water management
3. Editor, Sub-editor, and Editorial Board Member of 180+ journals (combined roles)
4. Reviewer for national and international research bodies
5. Contributor to wetland and sustainable drainage design guidelines adopted in Europe
6. REF (Research Excellence Framework) Impact Case Study Author
7. Supervisor of numerous PhD and postgraduate students
8. International keynote speaker

1. Textile Dye Wastewater Characteristics and Constituents of Synthetic Effluents: A Critical Review
2. Carbon Storage and Fluxes Within Freshwater Wetlands: A Critical Review
3. Review of Permeable Pavement Systems
4. The Impact of Climate Change on Wetland Ecosystems: A Critical Review of Experimental Wetland Mesocosms
5. Artificial Neural Network Simulation of Combined Permeable Pavement and Earth Energy Systems Treating Storm Water
6. Impact of Hydraulic Loading Rate and Season on Water Contaminant Reductions Within Integrated Constructed Wetlands
7. Nitrogen Removal in an Integrated Constructed Wetland Treating Domestic Wastewater
8. Seasonal Assessment of Experimental Vertical-Flow Constructed Wetlands Treating Domestic Wastewater
9. Modelling Constructed Wetlands: Scopes and Aims – A Comparative Review
10. Growth Characteristics and Nutrient Removal Capability of Plants in Subsurface Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands
11. Impact of Water Quality Parameters on the Clogging of Vertical-Flow Constructed Wetlands Treating Urban Wastewater
12. Predicting Multiple Functions of Sustainable Flood Retention Basins Under Uncertainty via Multi-Instance Multi-Label Learning