Duska Rokavec is an economic geologist (formal education BSc, MSc, EUR ING) and Ph.D. in earth sciences and environmental protection. She works at the Geological Survey of Slovenia as head of Department for Mineral resources and environmental geochemistry.

Her occupational skills within 27 years of experience cover: economic geology and exploration work on non-metal mineral deposits, MR management and spatial planning related to MR exploitation.

Her organisation skills and competences include: coordinating of Public Mining Service at GeoZS, co-operating research and commercial projects, performing expert projects on classification and categorisation of calculated reserves and resources of non-metals. She is actual president of National Committee for Mineral reserves and resources determination and Court expert evidence for mineral deposits and surface extraction as well.

She is the author of 110 bibliographic units altogether, 35 abstracts communications to scientific meetings and 2 monographies (Quarries of industrial minerals in Slovenia, Clay deposits in Slovenia).