Dr. Antoniou is a Civil Engineer specializing in the field of Geotechnical Engineering for more than 20 years. His Ph.D. in the scientific area of geotechnical applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was received from National Technical University of Athens, Greece, while currently he is a Research Associate in the School of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department at the same university. He is also an adjunct Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Greek Military Academy of Engineers. He has executed numerous studies on: (a) the design of foundation of buildings, industrial facilities, bridges, wind turbines, solar plants, (b) slope stability and rockfall assessment, and (c) ground seismic response. He has been involved as a member of the experts’ team in (a) the evaluation regarding engineering geological aspects of the behavior of tunnel boring machine (TBM) used at the Athens Metropolitan Railway, and (b) the quantitative geohazard assessment and design of Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).