Sanja Bajić, PhD, is a Research Associate specializing in mining engineering and environmental protection. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, where she defended her dissertation titled Comprehensive Modeling of Underground Mining Impacts to Support Decision Making. From 2012 to 2016, she was a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. Her expertise includes geomechanics, blast impact modeling, environmental aspects of mining with a focus on dewatering, and the application of GIS technologies. She has extensive experience with GIS software (ArcGIS, QGIS), data analysis and processing, mining and geomechanical software tools, as well as teaching and professional presentation.