I am an Assistant Professor and a Nellie McKay Fellow in the Department of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During 2023-2024, I was a Visiting Professor at UNAM (Instituto de Matemáticas). I completed my Ph.D. in Statistics at Columbia University under the direction of Prof. Philip Protter.

During my Ph.D. program, I held a Fulbright grant, I received the Howard Levene Outstanding Teaching Award, and I was one of the finalists for the 2021 and 2022 Presidential Awards for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student at Columbia University. Before graduate school, I had a merit scholarship to major in Actuarial Sciences in Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) where I graduated as Summa Cum Laude and was the Valedictorian of my class (here you can see a video of my commencement speech).

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

I was born and raised in Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽 and currently live in Madison, WI. I love running! I have run 8 marathons so far. Check out these marathons and other races I have run!

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