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Name: Svetlozar (Zari) Todorov RACHEV
Date of birth: September 6, 1951
Citizenship: U. S. A.
Current Position: Professor, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech
Prof. Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1042
http://www.math.ttu.edu/~srachev/
https://www.math.ttu.edu/mathematicalfinance
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/math/:
Research.com's 2nd Edition lists Dr. Zari Rachev as the 386th best research Mathematician in the world, 212th in the nation. This is a remarkable recognition, and we are honored he calls Texas Tech his academic home.
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Education
M.Sc. in Mathematics, Sofia University, Faculty of Mathematics, July 1974, Thesis:
“Reliability of aging systems
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Lomonosov University (Moscow), Faculty of Mechanics and
Mathematics, October 12, 1979, Dissertation: “The structure of the metrics in the space of
random variables and their distributions."
Doctor of Science (Habilitation) in Physics and Mathematics, Steklov Mathematical
Institute, Moscow, April 10, 1986. Dissertation: “Probability metrics and their applications
to the stability problems for stochastic modelt;
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Previous Appointments:
2017 – Now Professor, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University
2012 – 2016 Professor, College of Business
Program Director, Finance and Accounting
2
Stony Brook University
Research Professor, Dept. of Applied Math & Statistics
2011 – 2012 Frey Family Foundation Chair of Quantitative Finance,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony
Brook University
1998 – 2010 Endowed Chair of Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical
Finance, School of Economics and Business Engineering,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
1989 – 1998 Professor, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability,
University of California at Santa Barbara. (1994-1995,
Department Chairman)