Spyros B. Pavlides (Σπύρος Β. Παυλίδης) is a Greek geologist and professor of geology and physical geography and vice president of the school of geology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece.[1] His primary interests include neotectonics, paleoseismology, archaeoseismology, and the use of geological data for seismic hazard assessment. His Ph.D. subject in 1985 was "Neotectonic evolution of the Florina-Vegoritis-Ptolemais basin (W. Macedonia, Greece)"