Born in 1969 in Prijedor. He completed primary and secondary school in Velika Gorica and graduated from the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum at the University of Zagreb in 1995 and worked in various economic companies in the field of mining. Since 2006 he has been working in the Department of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum at the University of Zagreb. He has been an associate professor since 2021. Scientific interests: Rock mechanics, rock materials, mining, mining engineering, mining and quarrying and mining heritage.