Dušan Mihailović is a distinguished scholar at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, specializing in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology. At the Department of Archaeology, he delivers the mandatory curriculum on early prehistory and oversees various advanced courses across all academic levels. From 2018 to 2023, he also served as the Head of the Department of Archaeology. His research examines the prehistoric occupation of the Central Balkans, where he has served as Principal Investigator for numerous excavations across Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. His work is most notably defined by the systematic investigation of the Balanica cave complex in Sićevo and Pešturina cave near Niš—key sites that have provided transformative data on hominin adaptations and technological transitions in Southeastern Europe. Beyond his field research, he has held prominent leadership roles within the academic community, including serving as President of the Serbian Archaeological Society (2008–2011). He represents regional scholarship on an international scale as a member of the Commission for the Upper Palaeolithic (UISPP) and contributes to interdisciplinary studies through the Board for Karst and Speleology at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA). His extensive academic output includes five monographs and a significant corpus of peer-reviewed research published in leading national and international journals.