Vasileios Melissianos holds a degree in civil engineering with major in structural engineering (National Technical University of Athens, NTUA, Greece, 2009), an M.Sc. in Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures (NTUA, 2010), and a Ph.D. (NTUA, 2016). Dr Melissianos joined the Institute of Steel Structures at NTUA in 2011 as a Ph.D. candidate and now works as a post-doctoral researcher and member of The Lambda Lab group. Vasileios’ research focuses on the seismic risk assessment of structures and industrial infrastructure, using nonlinear analysis methods, detailed finite element modeling, and probabilistic methods. He has, also, worked on problems related to the geometrical and material nonlinearities of steel structures. He is an active researcher with participation in national and international research projects funded by Greek and European agencies and publications of journal and conference papers. Moreover, he has teaching experience in undergraduate courses (e.g. rigid body mechanics, steel structures, nonlinear behavior of steel structures) and two-year professional experience as a site engineer in civil engineering projects within oil and gas industrial facilities. Vasileios is a licenced civil engineer as a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 2009.