2012: PhD in Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy 

2005: MSc in Tectonics & Stratigraphy, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

2002: BSc in Geology, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

2023 – today: Staff Research Scientist, Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens 

2014 – 2023: Research assistant, Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens 

2014 – 2023: Fixed–term Geologist, Hellenic Survey of Geology & Mineral Exploration 

2013: Post–doctoral research fellow, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

2012: Post–doctoral research fellow, Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy 

2003 – 2011: Research assistant, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

Selected publications: 

Sboras, S., Lazos, I., Bitharis, S., Pikridas, C., Galanakis, D., Fotiou, A., Chatzipetros, A. & Pavlides, S. (2021). Source modelling and stress transfer scenarios of the October 30, 2020 Samos earthquake: seismotectonic implications. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 30(8), 699-717. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-2107-25  

Pavlides, S., & Sboras, S. (2021). Recent earthquake activity of March 2021 in northern Thessaly unlocks new scepticism on Faults. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 30(8), 851-861. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-2110-6 

Sboras, S., Lazos, I., Mouzakiotis, E., Karastathis, V., Pavlides, S., & Chatzipetros, A. (2020). Fault modelling, seismic sequence evolution and stress transfer scenarios for the July 20, 2017 (MW 6.6) Kos–Gökova Gulf earthquake, SE Aegean. Acta Geophysica, 68(5), 1245-1261. 

Sboras, S., Dourakopoulos, G. A., Mouzakiotis, E., Dafnis, P., Palantzas, T., Karastathis, V. K., Voulgaris, N. & Tselentis, G.-A. (2017). Seismic Hazard Assessment for the protection of Cultural Heritage in Greece: Methodological approaches for National and Local Scale assessment (pilot areas of Aighio, Kalamata and Heraklion). Ann. Geophys., 60(4), S0440. (doi:10.4401/ag-7154) 

Caputo R., Sboras S., Pavlides S., Chatzipetros A. (2015): Comparison between single-event effects and cumulative effects for the purpose of seismic hazard assessment. A review from Greece. Earth Sci. Rev., 148, 94-120. (doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.05.004)  

Sboras S., Pavlides S., Caputo R., Chatzipetros A., Michailidou A., Valkaniotis S., Papathanasiou G. (2014): The use of geological data to improve SHA estimates in Greece. Boll. Geofis. Teor. Appl., 55(1), 55-67. (doi: 10.4430/bgta0101)