Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev
Professor
Dr. Rachev is a Mathematical Finance program co-director and Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His work includes finance, econometrics, probability, statistics, and actuarial science.
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Mathematical Finance Program
Our People
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech University offers MS and PhD training in mathematical finance. MF is the area of finance in which intricate mathematical models are used to predict markets, set prices, enhance returns, and manage risk. MF professionals are known as quantitative analysts ("quants").
Faculty
W. Brent Lindquist
Professor
Dr. Lindquist is a Mathematical Finance program co-director and Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His research includes numerical methods, applied mathematics, and computational modeling.
A. Alexandre Trindade
Professor
Dr. Trindade is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His research interests include time series, multivariate volatility modeling, state-space models, longitudinal data, and statistical methodology.
Chris Monico
Associate Professor
Dr. Monico is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His research has focused primarily on cryptology and computational algebra and number theoretic problems.
Hongwei Mei
Assistant Professor
Dr. Mei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Wayne State University.
Jason Bailey
Lecturer and Research Associate
Jason Bailey is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and received his M.S. in Statistics from Texas Tech University.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Kirill Golubnichiy
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Golubnichiy received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle. His research focuses on developing mathematical tools for the analysis of complex systems.
Rui Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Wang received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Northeast Normal University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Kansas.
Current Ph.D. Students
Farzana Afroz
Ph.D. Student
Nicholas Appiah
Ph.D. Student
Nancy Asare-Nyarko
Ph.D. Student
Priscilla Ati-Tay
Ph.D. Student
Yifan He
Ph.D. Student
Dilmi Hettiachchi Wickrama
Ph.D. Student
Ting-Jung Lee
Ph.D. Student
Thidini Mahanama
Ph.D. Student
Abigail Mensah
Ph.D. Student
Affiliated Researchers
Frank J. Fabozzi
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Dr. Fabozzi is a financial economist whose work includes investment management and financial economics.
Stefan Mittnik
Scalable Capital
Dr. Mittnik works in financial econometrics, time series analysis, risk management, and issues involving interactions between the real and financial sectors.
Yuan Hu
University of California San Diego
Dr. Hu received her Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and works in areas of mathematical finance including option pricing.
Davide Lauria
University of Calabria
Dr. Lauria's research interests include financial mathematics, applied probability, and stochastic programming.
Thilini Mahanama
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Mahanama received her Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and is a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Management at the University of Kelaniya.
Jiho Park
Citigroup
Dr. Park's research areas include probability distribution models, risk management, option pricing, and numerical methods in finance.
Abootaleb Shirvani
Kean University
Dr. Shirvani received his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Kean University.
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
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