Dr. Konstantinos Gkillas (Gillas) graduated with first-class honors (9.40/10) with a BSc in Economics from the University of Crete with a specialization in Quantitative Methods in Economics. He holds an MSc in Actuarial Science and Risk Management from the University of Piraeus and a Ph.D. in Quantitative Finance from the University of Patras. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Accounting and Finance of the Hellenic Mediterranean University and at the School of Social Science of the Hellenic Open University. He is an assistant professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology of the University of Patras; concurrently, he is studying Computer Science at the Hellenic Open University.

He has worked in research programs in academia, as a financial expert consultant in the private sector and he offered academic tutoring services in the field of Econometrics, Finance, Mathematics, and Statistics. Dr. Konstantinos Gkillas has participated in conferences, academic seminars, and summer schools. His research interests include Computational Statistics, Digital Finance, Economic Analysis, Extreme Value Theory, Financial Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Risk Management, Volatility and Times Series Analysis.

His research has been published in journals including Annals of Operations Research, Energy Economics, Economics Letters, European Journal of Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Commodity Markets, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Renewable Energy, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting and Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics.

In his free time, he engages in amateur observational astronomy. For a detailed résumé, please visit the Curriculum Vitae web page.