Dr. Pasquale Cirillo received his Habilitation in Applied Statistics from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and his PhD in Statistics from Bocconi University, Italy. In addition to statistics, he studied economics at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy.

Over the years, as a statistical consultant, he has collaborated with many international institutions, banks and insurance companies. At Delft University he was Associate Professor of Applied Probability at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics and the responsible instructor of the bachelor course in Risk Management, and of the master courses in Financial Mathematics and Credit Risk Modeling.

research interest

• His research interests include risk analysis, econophysics and urn models.