Jozef Lodewijk Maria Teugels, or Jozef L. Teugels, Jef Teugels (born February 20, 1939) is a Belgian mathematical statistician and actuary. His main contributions are in

extreme value theory Extreme value theory or extreme value analysis (EVA) is the study of extremes in statistical distributions. It is widely used in many disciplines, such as structural engineering, finance, economics, earth sciences, traffic prediction, and Engin ...

stochastic process In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables in a probability space, where the index of the family often has the interpretation of time. Sto ...

es, and reinsurance theory.

Education and career

Teugels was born in

Londerzeel Londerzeel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Londerzeel proper, Malderen, Steenhuffel (home of Palm Breweries) and Sint-Jozef. On 1 January 2018, Londerzeel had a to ...

, Belgium and studied at the

Catholic University of Louvain The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

, where he received his licentiate in mathematics in 1963. He moved to the US to pursue further study and obtained his MSc in 1966 and PhD in 1967, both at

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

, where he was supervised by Marcel F. Neuts. He returned to Belgium in the same year and took up a faculty position at

KU Leuven KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries. In addition to its mai ...

, where he was promoted to full professorship in 1973. He remained in Louvain until his retirement in 2004. During this period, Teugels was the chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1970 to 1977 and from 1982 to 1989. Teugels was named a distinguished alumnus of Purdue University in 2004. He was president of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. At a meeting of the Jubilee Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, statisticians met and formed the agreed statues of the International Statistical ...

between 2009 and 2011.

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