Patient, kind, and always approachable.
Makes learning feel rewarding and fun.
Always patient and encouraging to students.
Patient, kind, and always approachable.
Creates a positive and motivating atmosphere.
Professor Athanasios Pantelous is Professor in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics within the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University, where he holds the position of research director in the areas of actuarial science and quantitative finance. He earned his BSc in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2001, MSc in Statistics and Operational Research in 2005 and MSc in Applied Mathematics in 2007 from the same institution, MSc in Statistics applied to Insurance Organizations from Athens University of Economics and Business in 2006, PhD in Statistics from Athens University of Economics and Business in 2008, and a second PhD in Modelling and Systems Science from City, University of London in 2013. Pantelous began his academic career as Lecturer in 2009 and was promoted to Reader in 2011 at the University of Liverpool's Department of Mathematical Sciences and Institute for Risk and Uncertainty. He joined Monash University as Associate Professor in October 2017 and advanced to full Professor in July 2020. He is also an academic member of RiskLab Australia since 2018 and the Belief Analytics: Social Media Data Lab at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics since 2022, an invited visiting professor at Shanghai University School of Management, and former associate director of quantitative finance and risk analysis at the University of Maryland's Center for Technology and Systems Management. He co-led the EPSRC and ESRC-funded Center for Doctoral Training in Quantification and Management of Risk and Uncertainty at the University of Liverpool from 2014 to 2017.
His primary research interests lie in quantitative research and mathematical modeling under risk and uncertainty, emphasizing finance, actuarial science, stochastic mechanics, and operational research. Pantelous has published more than 170 technical papers in peer-reviewed journals, achieving over 7,000 Google Scholar citations and an h-index of 49. Key publications include 'A decision-making framework for supporting an equitable global vaccine distribution under humanitarian perspectives' (2025, European Journal of Operational Research), 'Competitive insurance pricing in a duopoly' (2025, European Journal of Operational Research), 'Competitive insurance pricing strategies for multiple lines of business: a game-theoretic approach' (2025, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal), and 'A comparative and conceptual intellectual study of environmental topic in economic and finance' (2024, International Review of Financial Analysis). He has supervised 23 PhD students to completion between 2009 and 2025 and currently supervises six as primary and three as associate supervisor. Pantelous co-founded and chairs the Quantitative Finance and Risk Analysis symposium series, serves as Associate Editor of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, and has guest-edited special issues for journals including Quantitative Finance, Annals of Operations Research, and International Journal of Finance & Economics. He holds certification as Middle Manager in Finance/Insurance from the Hellenic Institute of Insurance Studies and qualifications in Financial Mathematics, Risk Theory, Investment and Portfolio Theory, and Survival Models and Life Tables from the Hellenic Actuarial Society, recognized by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK) and Society of Actuaries (US).
