Anton was born in Dresden but grew up near Wiesbaden. He studied chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and obtained his diploma degree in 2016. He went on to add a master degree in biophysics from the Goethe University of Frankfurt. Since 2021 he is a Ph.D. student in the Structural Bioenergetics Group with the goal to unravel the mysteries of Mrp-type sodium/ proton antiporters.