Prof. em. Dr. Paul Embrechts
Prof. em. Dr. Paul Embrechts
Professor Emeritus at the Department of Mathematics
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Research area
Insurance Mathematics and Quantitative Risk Management
Since November 1, 1989, Paul Embrechts is Professor of Mathematics at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) where he teaches insurance and financial mathematics.
He was born on February 3, 1953 in Schoten, Belgium. He received his mathematics diploma from the University of Antwerp, his doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven and, prior to joining the ETH Zurich in 1989, taught at the Universities of London (Imperial College) and Limburg (Belgium). He has published extensively in the areas of probability, insurance and finance, and co-authored several books including standard texts on extreme value theory and quantitative risk management.
His current research interests include quantitative risk management, financial and insurance regulation and extreme value theory. He is associate editor for (among others) Finance and Stochastics and Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. He is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences and holds numerous academic and industrial positions. A detailed biography is to be found on his personal website.
Membership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| See personal website, item 5. |
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Doctor Honoris Causa, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium |
| 2011 | Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK |
| 2007 | Honorary Doctorate in Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada |
| For further honours see personal website, item 4. |
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See personal website.