I am an Assistant Professor and a Nellie McKay Fellow in the Department of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am also affiliated with the Data Science Institute and with the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program.

My research is in applied probability, stochastic processes, and statistical methodology, with a focus on modeling dependence and risk in financial systems. I develop probabilistic and statistical tools for diffusion and jump-driven models, including phase-type and generalized Cox frameworks, with applications to credit risk, systemic risk, and microfinance.

From 2023 to 2025, I was a Visiting Professor at the Instituto de Matemáticas at UNAM. I completed my Ph.D. in Statistics at Columbia University in 2022 under the direction of Prof. Philip Protter. During my Ph.D. program, I was a Fulbright grantee, received the Howard Levene Outstanding Teaching Award, and was a finalist for the 2021 and 2022 Presidential Awards for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student at Columbia University.

Before graduate school, I studied Actuarial Sciences at Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) on a merit scholarship. I graduated Summa Cum Laude and was the Valedictorian of my class (here you can see a video of my commencement speech).

I was born and raised in Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽, and I now live in Madison, Wisconsin. Outside of work, I love running. I have completed 8 marathons so far; you can find some of those races and other running updates here!

If you would like to contact me, please send me an email to alejandra.quintos at wisc.edu