Ivan Sakhno earned a BS in mining engineering (1999) and a PhD in mining engineering (2007) from the Donetsk National Technical University and a doctor of technical science (2015) from the Dnipro University of Technology Dnipro Polytechnic. He is now a Head of Mining Department at Technical University "Metinvest Polytechnic" LLC, Ukraine. His research interests include underground mining, numerical simulation, and fracturing of rock by soundless chemical demolition agents.