Dimitris A. Tsarpalis was born in Athens, Greece in 1993. He holds a Diploma (5-year program, integrated master) in Civil Engineering with major in Structural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, 2016) and a MSc in the Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures from the same university (2018). He has been a PhD student at the NTUA since Autumn 2017. His research has been supported by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) since 2018. His major research interests focus on the earthquake analysis of steel structures, especially on the seismic behavior of pallet racking systems, such as the innovative Automated Rack Supported Warehouses. He has a demonstrated research experience with participation in research projects and publications of journal and conference papers. Dimitris is active as a freelance consulting engineer and has participated in the design of various reinforced concrete and steel structures. He is a Chartered Engineer since 2017 (member of the Technical Chamber of Greece). He has also interest in the development of structural analysis software and computer graphics.