Jan A. Oleszkiewicz,PhD, PEng, CEng(UK), BCEE  

Distinguished Professor  

Professor Jan Oleszkiewicz teaches and conducts environmental engineering research at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. 

Educated at Wroclaw University of Technology and at Vanderbilt University he has lectured and consulted on wastewater treatment and biosolids management in USA, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has authored over 450 journal and conference papers and received numerous awards for his teaching, research, process application and training e.g. the Gold Medal from the Minister of Environment for the Manual for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators – which became the required text for advanced operator training in Poland.  As Chair of the International Water Association Specialist Group on Nutrient Removal and Recovery and had organized or co-organized the IWA Specialized Conference series on Nutrient Management in Krakow PL in 2005; WEF Nutrient Removal Conference in Baltimore US in 2007 and on Nutrient Management in Krakow PL in 2009. He is a professional/chartered engineer in Canada and Great Britain and Board Certified Environmental Engineer in USA.

He is currently involved in Master Plan activities for large treatment plants in Canada and Poland. His current interests include advanced biosolids processing and disinfection and enhanced as well conventional biological nutrient removal in temperate and cold climate and development of limit of treatment technologies.