Antonis was born in Athens, Greece. He graduated from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), with specialization in Structural and Geotechnical engineering. After completing his degree, he worked in collaboration with Grid Engineers and the NTUA and gained experience in the field of soil dynamics and earthquake engineering. Subsequently, he received a Master’s degree from Imperial College, London in the field of Soil Mechanics and Business Management. Following his studies, Antonis joined Ramboll, a leading engineering consulting firm where he focused on the design of high-rise buildings, piled-raft foundations and offshore wind farms both in the United Kingdom and Denmark. In 2021, Antonis and Moris Kalderon founded Tesseract Engineers with the aspiration to integrate high quality engineering services with research and industry practice. At the same time, Antonis is an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow and is pursuing a PhD at the School of Civil Engineering of the NTUA in the field of earthquake engineering.

Moris was born in Larisa, Greece. He obtained his diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, in the discipline of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering. After his graduation, Moris gained construction experience working for Archirodon NV as a Site Engineer for the New Double High-Speed Railway project in Tithorea, Greece. Subsequently, he received a Master’s degree from Imperial College London in the field of Soil Mechanics. After completing the program, Moris joined WSP in London, where he focused on the design of major UK infrastructure projects. In 2023, Moris was awarded a PhD from the School of Mechanical Engineering of the NTUA, in the field of acoustic and seismic metamaterials, as an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow. In 2021, he founded with Antonis Mantakas the Athens-based firm Tesseract Engineers. His goal is to provide advanced engineering services by combining industry knowledge and innovation through his research and academic experience.