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Purba Das

Dr Purba Das

Lecturer in Financial Mathematics

Research interests

  • Mathematics

Contact details

Biography

Dr. Purba Das joined the Mathematics Department in September 2023 as a Lecturer in Financial Mathematics.

Before that, she was a Byrne Research Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan (2022-2023).

Purba completed her DPhil in Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Rama Cont (Oct. 2018- July 2022). Previously Purba received her Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Chennai Mathematical Institute (2016-2018), and Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Chennai Mathematical Institute (2013-2016).

Purba's personal website can be viewed here.

 

Research interests

Purba’s research interests lie in the fields of stochastic analysis and its applications to mathematical finance.

  • Pathwise methods in stochastic analysis: Föllmer-Itô calculus, ‘roughness’ of functions.
  • Roughness in finance: Rough volatility, Microstructure noise.

Research

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Financial Mathematics

King’s College has a large and thriving Financial Mathematics group, with an international reputation for research excellence. 

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Probability

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Research

FEATURE Finance
Financial Mathematics

King’s College has a large and thriving Financial Mathematics group, with an international reputation for research excellence. 

aq ioppn mathstats
Probability

The Probability group in the Department of Mathematics at King's College London.