Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, with over 30 years of experience in teaching, research, professional practice, and academic leadership. He is the Provost of the College of Engineering, providing strategic leadership in research, infrastructure development, industry engagement, alumni relations, and institutional advancement.

His expertise spans Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), water transport and distribution systems, sanitation technologies, and sustainable and climate-resilient water and sanitation service delivery. He has supervised over 300 theses, authored more than 100 publications, and has over 2,000 citations and an h-index of 28. He has managed research grants supported by the European Union, World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Conrad Hilton Foundation. 

Prof. Nyarko led the KNUST component of the five-year Rural Evidence and Learning for Water (REAL-Water)project, led by the Aquaya Institute and funded by USAID, which generated evidence to inform strategies for expanding safe and sustainable rural water services. He was also Project Lead for the KNUST Engineering Education Project (KEEP), a World Bank-supported African Centres of Excellence initiative focused on strengthening postgraduate engineering education and research.

He is a Fellow of the Ghana Institution of Engineering, serves on the Board of the Engineering Council of Ghana, and is a Council Member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers. His work bridges engineering, research, policy, and institutional development, with a focus on strengthening sustainable water and sanitation services and engineering capacity for national and global development.