Prof. Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis is a Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Engineering at City, University of London, and the Director of the Research Centre in Civil Engineering and Infrastructure and the Head of the 3DMBC lab. He is also a Visiting Professor at IROAST, Kumamoto University, Japan. He holds an BEng and a PhD from City and an MSc (DIC) from Imperial College London. He is a Chartered Engineer in the UK (CEng) and Europe - FEANI (EUR ING), a member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (MIStructE) and the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE). Previously, he was the Leader of the 'Materials and Structures' Group (> 80 members) in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK.

Prof. Tsavdaridis is engaged in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, an industry consultant and a leading expert in the area of steel and composite structures. His research expertise is in structural product development that embraces resilience and sustainability; particularly the development of innovative seismic-resistant design of connections and composite slabs, testing large and full-scale structural systems and using advanced modelling techniques. In 2019, he was awarded with the prestigious Leverhulme Trust Senior Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his work in steel modular construction.