Svetlozar T. Rachev is Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech University. He has held senior academic positions at Stony Brook University, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on probability metrics, heavy-tailed distributions, financial econometrics, quantitative finance, risk management, portfolio optimization, and actuarial modeling. He is the author or co-author of numerous books, monographs, and research articles, and has supervised many Ph.D. students.