Professorship of Quantitative Finance
With this senior faculty position within its Department of
Mathematics, the ETHZ aims to further strengthen both research and
teaching in the mathematical aspects of finance and insurance.
Through this newly created professorship, ETHZ also seeks to
intensify the already established collaboration with the University
of Zurich and with the local finance and insurance industry.
Candidates should possess outstanding records in research and
teaching in the field of quantitative finance and should demonstrate
the ability to transform new mathematical concepts into relevant
applications.
As a member of the Department of Mathematics the new professor is
expected to take part in the teaching of mathematics to a broad range
of students.
Applications with curriculum vitae and publication list should be
sent to the President of the ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. O. Kübler, ETH
Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland, by January 15, 2002. The ETHZ
encourages female candidates to apply with a view towards increasing
the proportion of female professors. For more information on the
position, interested persons can contact Prof. F. Delbaen
(delbaen(a)math.ethz.ch, tel. (+)411 632 6357) or Prof. P. Embrechts
(embrechts(a)math.ethz.ch, tel. (+)411 632 3419). The websites
www.math.ethz.ch,
www.math.ethz.ch/finance and
www.risklab.ch contain
further information on the Department of Mathematics, the Research
Group in Mathematical Finance and Insurance, and RiskLab, the
Research Centre on Quantitative Risk Management.