Andres Barajas Paz

Andres Barajas Paz is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University (Dubai) within the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences. He holds a PhD in Actuarial Mathematics from Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) and has prior roles as an Assistant Professor and Research Associate at the same institution. His research focuses on actuarial risk management, Bayesian statistics, and mortality modeling. He has collaborated with the Human Mortality Database (HMD) to analyze Mexican mortality data and received the Geoffrey Heywood Prize 2023 and Alfonso Caso Prize 2016.

Educations: BSc in Actuarial Science (UNAM), MSc in Finance (UNAM, with the Alfonso Caso Prize), and PhD in Actuarial Mathematics (Heriot-Watt University).

His work bridges actuarial science and demography, addressing data quality issues in emerging countries. Key projects include analyzing investment risk-sharing in pension schemes and improving mortality estimation techniques. He has secured a $10,000 grant for a research visit to Australia to study longevity risk-sharing in CDC pension systems.

Teaching responsibilities include Calculus, Stochastic Processes, and Actuarial Mathematics, serving as 3rd-year coordinator.