Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Haist

Professional career since graduation

since 10/2025:​ Professor of Materials Science in Construction, Director of the Institute for Building Materials and the Materials Testing Institute, University of Stuttgart
02/2019 – 09/2025:​ Professor of Building Materials at Leibniz Universität Hannover
05/2016 – 06/2017:​ Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, as a DFG (German Research Foundation) Fellow
03/2013 – 01/2019:​ Head of the Concrete Construction and Building Physics Department, Materials Testing and Research Institute (MPA Karlsruhe)
10/2012:​ Appointment as Akademischer Oberrat (Senior Academic Councilor), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
10/2009:​ Appointment as Akademischer Rat (Academic Councilor), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
02/2009 – 01/2019:​ Senior Engineer (Oberingenieur) at the Institute for Solid Construction and Building Materials Technology, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
10/2001 – 01/2009:​ Academic Staff Member at the Institute for Solid Construction and Building Materials Technology, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Chair of Prof. H. S. Müller

Participation in scientific committees

Chairman of the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete (Deutscher Ausschuss für Stahlbeton, DAfStb)

International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib): Member of Commission 7 (TG 7.1 Sustainable Concrete) and Commission 4 (Concrete & Concrete Technology; Co-Convener TG 4.8 'Low Carbon Structures') as well as Commission 10 (TG 10.1 Model Code 2020)

Head of the Technical Committee 'Sustainable Building with Concrete' of the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete

Member of various standardization committees, including those for the Guideline on Ultra-High Performance Concrete, Concrete Construction at Elevated Temperatures, the Fresh Concrete Working Group, and AG2.2 for the revision of the ZTV-Ing., among others

International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM): Member of TG 266-MRP 'Measuring Rheological Properties of Cement-Based Materials'

Association of German Concrete Engineers (Verband Deutscher Betoningenieure, VDB): Chair of the Working Group for the Fresh Concrete Handbook

Reviewer for several international scientific journals (Structural Concrete, Construction and Building Materials, Cement & Concrete Research, etc.)