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Prof. Dr.Sci. Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev – Curriculum Vitae August 18, 2014 Name: Svetlozar (Zari) Todorov RACHEV Date of birth: September 6, 1951 Citizenship: U. S. A. Current Position: Professor of Finance,?College of Business, Stony Brook University (started Sept. 1, 2012) 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 models Previous Appointments: 2013 Affiliated Faculty Appointment Economics Department Stony Brook University Co- Director of the Quantitative Finance Program Department of Applied Mathematics Statistics Stony Brook University 2012- Present: Professor, College of Business Program Director, MS Investment Risk Finance Program Program Director, Investment Risk Finance Stony Brook University 2011 – 2012: Frey Family Foundation Chair of Quantitative Finance, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, SUNY-Stony Brook (started Jan. 15, 2011) 1998 – 2010: Chair-Endowed Chair of Econometrics and Mathematical Finance, School of Economics and Business Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 1988 – 1998: Professor, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California at Santa Barbara. (1994-1995, Department Chairman) 1988 – 1988: Visiting Associate Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook. 1987 – 1987: John H. Van Vleck, Visiting Professor, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, and Visiting Associate Professor, Centre for Stochastic Processes, University of North C