Background
Mikos, Matjaz was born on December 6, 1959 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Son of Boris and Biserka (Dovsak) Mikos.
Mikos, Matjaz was born on December 6, 1959 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Son of Boris and Biserka (Dovsak) Mikos.
Diploma in Civil Engineering, University Ljubljana, 1983. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University Ljubljana, 1988. Doctor of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993.
Researcher Institute for Water Management, Ljubljana, 1983-1993. Assistant professor University Ljubljana, 1994-1999, associate professor, 1999—2006, professor, since 2006, vice-dean for research, since 1999. Senior consultant Institute for Water Management, Ljubljana, 1994-2001.
Deputy head of chair University Ljubljana, since 1994. Member commission large landslides and snow avalanches Ministry Environmental and physical planning, Republic of Slovenia, chairman interpraevent science committee, 2001-2008, deputy coordinator IUFRO torrent and erosion control, 2001-2008. Member commission on research and innovation, University Ljubljana, since 2007.
Mountain guide Slovene Alpine Association, Ljubljana, 1977-1981, institute education, 1981-1988. Member American Society Civil Engineers, American Geophysical Union, International Association Hydraulic Engineering and Research, International Association Hydrological Sciences, International Association Sedimentologists, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Verein der Diplomingenieure der Wildbach-und Lawinen Verbauung Österreichs, Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, New York Academy of Sciences, International Erosion Control Association, Interpraevent Science Committee (president), Slovenian Association of Geodesy and Geophysics, Slovenian Association of Technology and Natural Sciences, European Geophysical Union, Slovenian Geotechnical Society.
Married Zagorka Simic, July 12, 1985 (divorced 1994). 1 child, Val; Married Urska Petje, January 20, 1999. Children: Jon, Ula.