Vladimir Ladyzhets

Vladimir Ladyzhets is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Connecticut's School of Business. He holds a Master's and PhD in Applied Mathematics from Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Mathematics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His career spans academia (Yale University, Florida International University, and University of Connecticut) and industry roles at Ernst & Young, Travelers, Babson Capital Management, Lincoln Financial Group, Lava Consulting Services LLC, and GE Capital.

Dr. Ladyzhets specializes in quantitative risk management for large fixed-income portfolios, non-agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS), long-horizon interest rate hedging, model validation, and predictive modeling in consumer credit and property/casualty insurance underwriting. He has delivered numerous conference presentations and authored approximately 20 papers.