Experience
Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen; Denmark, 2023–present
Postdoc, University of Copenhagen; Denmark, 2022
Senior SNF researcher, University of Lausanne; Switzerland, 2020–2022
Specialist Pricing Actuary, Vaudoise Assurances; Switzerland, 2021
Lecturer, University of Lausanne; Switzerland, 2019–2020 & 2021
Education
Doctorate, University of Lausanne; Switzerland, 2017–2020
Dissertation: Statistics of extremes, matrix distributions and applications to non-life insurance modeling.
Supervisor: Hansjörg Albrecher.
Master's degree, University of Copenhagen; Denmark, 2015–2017
Dissertation: Reverse-Martingale Characterisations of Symmetric Laws.
Supervisor: Steffen Lauritzen.
Bachelor's degree, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Mexico, 2012–2015
Dissertation: Levy Processes and Excursion Theory.
Supervisor: José Luis Pérez Garmendia.
Awards and Grants
Semper Ardens: Accelerate Grant (Carlsberg Fund): Statistical Modeling for Emerging Risks with Missing and Censored Data. Project description. DKK 4’755’674. February 2024–August 2028.
IAALS Research Grant: (Mm)2: Machine learning methods for Multi-state models. CAD 27’260. 2024. (awarded but declined).
Swiss National Fund (SNF) research grant (postdoc). Main recipient: Hansjörg Albrecher. August 2020–August 2022
GAUSS Actuarial Award. GAUSS-Nachwuchspreis Actuarial Award prize for PhD dissertation, June 2021.
SCOR Actuarial Award. First prize for PhD dissertation, August 2020.
Prix de la Faculte. Faculty award from the University of Lausanne for PhD dissertation, January 2021.
Gabino Barreda Medal. Best performance for Bachelor studies in Mathematics, May 29, 2018.
Mathematical Olympiad. First place in the 23rd Federal District Mexican Mathematical Olympiad, held on May 18, 2009 (age 15).
Editorial activitiesESM
Associate Editor in the Annals of Actuarial Science since 2024.
I have served as a reviewer for the following journals:
Scandinavian Journal of Statistics; Electronic Journal of Statistics; Scandinavian Actuarial Journal; Insurance, Mathematics & Economics; Bernoulli; Extremes; Quantitative Finance; TEST; European Actuarial Journal; ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA; Journal of Statistical Software; Statistics and Computing; Stochastic Models; Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability; Applied Probability Journals; Risks.
I have served as a book reviewer for Springer.
Committees
Member of the Research Committee (Forskerkollegium) at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2024–
Member of the Sustainability Committee at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2023–
Organization
Scandinavian Actuarial Conference, University of Copenhagen, 2023–2024.
International PhD course in extremes, University of Copenhagen, 2023.
Consulting
Work on semi-parametric survival regression model for forecasting outstanding life expectancies for a Zurich-based start-up. 2021–2022 & 2024.