Scot Adams

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Bio

Scot Adams is Professor of Mathematics and Director of Financial Mathematics in the School of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota.

He started his Bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota, then transferred to Cornell University, finishing in 1978. After working for two years as an actuarial student at Lutheran Brotherhood (now Thrivent), he began graduate studies at the University of Chicago, receiving his PhD in under the direction of Robert J. Zimmer. Prof. Zimmer was instrumental in starting the Financial Mathematics program at Chicago.

After graduate school, Prof. Adams held postdoctoral positions at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, before coming to the University of Minnesota in 1992.

He is married with two children, both boys, who keep him very busy!