Nikolas Topaloglou

Nikolas Topaloglou is a Professor of Finance at IPAG Business School since 2014 and holds a visiting professorship at Hellenic Open University since 2009. He previously served as Associate Professor (2010-2014), Assistant Professor (2010-2014), and Lecturer (2006-2010) at Athens University of Economics and Business, and as a Lecturer at HEC Geneva in 2004-2005.

• Ph.D. in Finance, University of Cyprus (2004)
• MSc in Decision Sciences (Honors), Athens University of Economics and Business (2000)
• MSc in Operations Research, University Paris IX Dauphine (1998)
• Bachelor in Electronics and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (1997)

His research spans computational finance, portfolio theory, stochastic programming, and applications of uncertainty models in finance. Key areas include stochastic dominance efficiency testing, prospect theory, international investments, option pricing, and bank liquidity risk. He has published extensively in journals like European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Econometrics.

Recent publications focus on international portfolio risk hedging, stochastic dominance frameworks, commodity diversification, and multidimensional poverty modeling. His methodological approach integrates stochastic programming and econometric testing.