Maria E. Skarkala holds a Diploma in Information and Communication Systems Engineering from the University of the Aegean, Greece (2008).

The thesis in the undergraduate program was titled "Evaluation of the refresh rate of the cache content in Information Portals in the Greek Cyberspace". In 2010 she completed her MsC in Information and Communication Systems Security from the University of the Aegean, Greece. The master's thesis was titled "Privacy preserving data mining". Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of the Aegean.

Participated in the 3rd Panhellenic Scientific Student Conference on Informatics,Related Technologies and Applications in 2009, working on "Evaluation of the refresh rate of catalogs and indexes of search engines Google and MSN: Case Study in Greek Cyberspace." Holds a degree in English and is a member of IEEE and Technical Chamber of Greece (2010).