Assistant Professor in Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance
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Personalia
Date of birth: April 18, 1985.
Nationality: Belgian.
Marital status: Married.
Children: Quinten & Juno.
Education
2016: Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF), FitchLearning, London.
2009 – 2013 Doctoral Program in Business Economics, KU Leuven.
Thesis: Measuring herd behavior in financial markets
Committee: prof. Jan Dhaene (adviser), prof. Katrien Antonio, dr. Xinlian Chen, prof. Griselda Deelstra, dr. Florence Guillaume, prof. Alexander Kukush, prof. Wim Schoutens, prof. David Vyncke.
2008 – 2009 Master of Financial and Actuarial Engineering, KU Leuven.
2007 – 2008 Master in de Verzekeringen, KU Leuven.
2003 – 2007 Master of Science in Mathematics, KU Leuven.
Academic experience
1/9/2017 – …
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).
2/9/2016 – 31/8/2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical University Munich (Germany).
1/9/2014 – 1/9/2017
Visiting lecturer, University of Antwerp (Belgium), Part time (15%).
1/9/2013 – 1/9/2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, KU Leuven (Belgium).
1/9/2015 – 1/9/2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
1/9/2009 – 1/9/2013
Teaching and Research Assistant, KU Leuven (Belgium).
Visiting lectureships abroad
Financial Mathematics II , Master Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics,
Institut Supŕieur de Management Adonaï-ISM Adonaï, Benin, January 18 – 25, 2016.
20 teaching hours: lectures, exercise sessions
Risk Measurement , Master of Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Canada,
June 1 – August 1, 2015.
18 teaching hours: lectures, exercise sessions
Life Insurance I , Master Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics, Institut
Supŕieur de Management Adonaï-ISM Adonaï, Benin, April 11 – 18, 2015.
20 teaching hours: lectures, exercise sessions
Risk Modeling , Master Actuarial Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, October
21 – 25, 2013.
20 teaching hours: lectures, exercise sessions
Master Students
Aademic year 2016-2017
Pieter Pijls (KU Leuven), Shandro Ernst & Martijn Robyns (KU Leuven).
Academic year 2015 – 2016
Jelle Jannes (KU Leuven), Nathalie Schmitte (University of Antwerp), Arno Lauwers (University of Antwerp), Cheuk Lo (University of Amterdam), Panos Pavlou (University of Amsterdam), Barry Coleman (University of Amsterdam), Raoul Lucas (University of Amsterdam).
Academic year 2014 – 2015
Yoni Chekroun (ULB, MSc), Kristien Moeremans (KUL, MSc), Jean-Francois Bidot (KUL, MSc), Olivier Vermassen(KUL, MSc), Zoé Dresse (KUL, Msc), Isabelle De La Porte (KUL, MSc), Alexander Vandewiele (KUL, MSc), Karen Van Drom (KUL, MSc)