Our people

Learn more about our team and their expertise in specific areas of risk, optimisation, finance and health.

Dr Manuel Nunes

Lecturer in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXplainable AI in Financial Markets
  • Large Language Models (LLMs) in Finance
  • Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Management

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Ms Marah Thormann

Research interests

  • Difference of Convex Functions Programming
  • Machine Learning
  • Robust Regression
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Dr Maria Oskarsdottir

Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling

Research interests

  • Network science
  • Machine learning
  • Business analytics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Mario Brito

Professor

Research interests

  • Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems 
  • Impact of Organizational Factors on Socio-technical Systems Risk
  • Root cause analysis and Accident Investigations

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Martin Kunc

Professor in Business Analytics

Research interests

  • Business Analytics
  • Strategic Modelling
  • Scenario planning
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Dr Mee Chi So

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Consumer credit risk
  • Public policy on consumer credit
  • Social media analytics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Ming-Chien SUNG

Professor of Risk And Decision Sciences

Research interests

  • Financial technology (Fintech) and cryptocurrency analysis
  • Risk analysis using Big Data
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Nicholas Dacre PhD (Warwick), MSc, SFHEA, FAPM

Associate Professor Project Management

Research interests

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Project Management: Exploring the transformative role of AI i…
  • Agile Project Management (APM): Investigating the adaptive strategies of Agile methodologies …
  • Innovation, Technology, and Sustainability in Complex Projects (ITS Complex): Delving into th…

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Mr Pablo Casas

Research interests

  • Credit Scoring 
  • Fairness in Machine Learning 
  • Streaming data modelling
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Professor Patrick Beullens

Professor

Research interests

  • Ocean shipping - decisions under risk, environmental performance
  • Retail supply chains - perishable products, food waste management
  • Logistics and reverse logistics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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