Dr. Pavel Gapeev

Associate Professor

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Biography

Pavel Gapeev is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics, specializing in Mathematics with a focus on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. He completed his Diploma in Mathematics in 1998 and earned his PhD in 2001 from Moscow State University, where he was advised by Albert N. Shiryaev. Since joining LSE in 2007, he has concentrated on research interests encompassing optimal stopping problems, stochastic control problems, and their applications in finance and statistics. Dr. Gapeev's expertise includes stochastic analysis, stochastic games, and credit risk theory. His contributions to sequential change-point detection schemes in finance are particularly notable. He is fluent in Russian and actively engages in teaching and research at the university.

Research Interests

Requirements for London School of Economics

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Quantitative
Required:164
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Advanced Calculus Linear Algebra Econometrics and Statistics Intermediate Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics