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@math.ethz.ch, tel. (+)411 632 6357) or Prof. P. Embrechts (embrechts@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.