Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life and education  





2 Career  





3 Bibliography  





4 Death  





5 References  





6 External links  














Mark S. Joshi







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Mark S. Joshi
BornMarch 2, 1969 (1969-03-02)
Died8 October 2017(2017-10-08) (aged 48)
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SpouseJane
Children5
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Royal Bank of Scotland
University of Melbourne
ThesisA Precise Calculus of Paired Lagrangian Distributions (1994)
Doctoral advisorRichard Burt Melrose[1]
Websitewww.markjoshi.com [dead link]

Mark Suresh Joshi (2 March 1969 – 8 October 2017) was British researcher and consultant in mathematical finance. His last position was a professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia.[2]

His research focused on derivatives pricing[3] and interest rate derivatives in particular. He was the author of numerous research articles and seven books; his popular guides, "On becoming a quant" and "How to Get a Quant Job in Finance", are widely read.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Joshi was born and grew up in Dunblane, Scotland.[5]

He obtained a B.A. in mathematics from Hertford College, University of Oxford in 1990 (Top of year; recipient of the Oxford University Prize in Mathematics [3]), and a Ph.D.inpure mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994 under the supervision of Richard Melrose.

Career[edit]

He was an assistant lecturer in the department of pure mathematics and mathematical statistics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Darwin College from 1994 to 1999.[6]

Following this, he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland[7] from 1999 to 2005 as a quantitative analyst at a variety of levels, finishing as the Head of Quantitative Research for Group Risk Management.

He joined the Centre for Actuarial Studies at the University of Melbourne in November 2005 as an associate professor, and was subsequently promoted to full professor. He taught the subject Financial Mathematics III and was also a highly sought after honours supervisor in the department.

Bibliography[edit]

Mark Joshi wrote numerous research articles on quantitative finance, and also authored several books:

Death[edit]

Joshi died of an unexpected heart attack in October 2017 at the age of 48, leaving behind his wife Jane and sons Alastair, Douglas, Colin, Richard and Stuart.[5]

References[edit]

  • ^ "Mark JOSHI Death Notice - Melbourne, Victoria". The Age. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  • ^ a b "Find an Expert - the University of Melbourne".
  • ^ B. Schachter, R. Lindsey, How I Became a Quant: Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite, page 1
  • ^ a b Zhu, Dan (November 8, 2017). "In Memoriam: Professor Mark Joshi".
  • ^ "Darwin College Fellows 1997/1998". Archived from the original on 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  • ^ On language: Quants, Ben Zimmer, New York Times, May 10, 2010
  • External links[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_S._Joshi&oldid=1225285532"

    Categories: 
    1969 births
    2017 deaths
    British consultants
    Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
    Academic staff of the University of Melbourne
    Fellows of Darwin College, Cambridge
    Financial economists
    Hidden categories: 
    All articles with dead external links
    Articles with dead external links from November 2023
    Articles with hCards
    Articles with ISNI identifiers
    Articles with VIAF identifiers
    Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
    Articles with BNF identifiers
    Articles with BNFdata identifiers
    Articles with GND identifiers
    Articles with J9U identifiers
    Articles with LCCN identifiers
    Articles with Libris identifiers
    Articles with NKC identifiers
    Articles with NTA identifiers
    Articles with DBLP identifiers
    Articles with MATHSN identifiers
    Articles with MGP identifiers
    Articles with ORCID identifiers
    Articles with ZBMATH identifiers
    Articles with SUDOC identifiers
     



    This page was last edited on 23 May 2024, at 14:01 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki