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Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev, MF program co-director, holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech University. Dr. Rachev is one of the world’s foremost authorities in the application of heavy-tailed distributions in finance. He was a co-founder and President of Bravo Risk Management Group, originator of the Cognity methodology. Bravo was acquired by FinAnalytica, where Zari served as Chief Scientist. He served as the Frey Family Foundation Professor in Quantitative Finance in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University; Chair-Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; and Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Applied Probability at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of 14 books and over 300 published articles on finance, econometrics, probability, statistics and actuarial science. He has supervised over 50 Ph.D. and MS students in his career.
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Texas Tech University, 1108 Memorial Circle
Lubbock, TX 79409-1042
Mathematical Finance Program

Mathematical Finance Program
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").
Email Dr. Rachev
zari.rachev@ttu.edu
Email Dr. Lindquist
Brent.Lindquist@ttu.edu
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Texas Tech University, 1108 Memorial Circle
Lubbock, TX 79409-1042
Phone
(806) 742-2566
For more information, please contact Dr. Rachev or Dr. Lindquist.