Group Members

We are looking for a new PhD student and Master students to join the team (see openings) !

Group leader

Michalis Vassiliou (in Greek: Μιχάλης Βασιλείου) is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering of NTUA.

From 2019-2025 he was a non Tenure Track Assistant Professor and head of the Chair of Seismic Design and Analysis in the ETH Zürich. He is a Civil Engineer and has studied in NTU Athens (Diploma 2004), UC Berkeley (MSc 2006), and University of Patras (PhD 2010). He was a Postdoc and a Senior Assistant in the ETH (2012-2019).

His research interests lie in the fields of Earthquake Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Nonlinear Dynamics, with a special focus on rocking, seismic isolation, and applications of 3D printing on seismic testing of structures.

(CV, google scholar,mfvassiliou@mail.ntua.gr)


Staff

Sofia Grammatikou

Postdoc in NTUA, started Feb 2026
email: sgrammatikou@mail.ntua.gr

  • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Patras (2016)
  • MSc, Seismic Design of Structures, University of Patras (2013)
  • BSc, Civil Engineering, University of Patras (2011)

Dimitra Adamopoulou

PhD student in the ETH, started Mar 2023
email: dimitra.adamopoulou@ibk.baug.ethz.ch

  • MSc, Analysis and Design of Earthquake Restistant Structures, NTUA (2023)

  • Diploma, Civil Engineering, NTUA (2019)

Former Group Members

Kemal Can Struja PhD student

Medhat Elmorsy PhD student, now Postdoc in MIT

Sergio Reyes, PhD student, now Assistant Professor in Tongji University

Zengde Zhang, visiting PhD student, now Postdoc in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Antonios Katsamakas, PhD student, now Assistant Professor in École polytechnique de Montréal

Lorenzo Del Giudice, PhD student, now with Kanadevia Inova, Zürich

Natalia Reggiani Manzo, PhD student, now with Baertschi Partner Bauingenieure AG, Ehrendingen

Christos Bazakos, Senior Researcher, now Researcher in Hellenic Agricultural Organization, Thessaloniki