Korneel van den Broek

Past

• Risk Officer at Fortis Insurance Belgium
• Graduate Fellow at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Visiting Scholar at UC Santa Cruz

• Teaching Assistant at Rutgers University

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Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
• Universiteit Gent
• Universiteit Gent

• Sint-Lievenscollege

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Websites

• My Website

Korneel van den Broek’s Summary

Korneel van den Broek’s Specialties:

--- Insurance: Market Consistent Valuation, Liability Modelling, Solvency II --- Languages: Dutch (native), English (fluent), French (fluent) --- Programming: C/C++, VB, Delphi, SQL, XHTML, PHP, CSS --- Professional software: SAS, Matlab, MS Office packages, VIPitech

Korneel van den Broek’s Experience

• Risk Officer

  Fortis Insurance Belgium

  (Privately Held; FORB; Insurance industry)

  November 2008 — October 2009 (1 year )

  I was introduced to the insurance world by working in the proposals and actuarial consultancy team. I worked on business proposals for the major clients.
  
  I then moved to the risk team and was involved in the design and implementation of a comprehensive asset and liability modelling engine. My focus in the project was on the liabilities related to group insurance.
  
  I also worked on several operational management projects.

• Graduate Fellow

  Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

• Visiting Scholar

  UC Santa Cruz

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — July 2007 (7 months)

• Teaching Assistant

  Rutgers University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  For 4 semesters, I was in charge of workshops and laboratory sessions for General Physics for pre-med students. My responsibility also included grading homework and exams.

Korneel van den Broek’s Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  Ph.D. , Theoretical Physics , 2003 — 2008

  Thesis "Topics within the string landscape and metastable supersymmetry breaking" advised by Prof. Dr. Tom Banks:
  - researching the possibility of the existence of a string theory multiverse
  - exploring possible avenues to test this hypothesis experimentally
  
  Enrolled for Mathematical Finance I as my choice for course outside research area.

• Universiteit Gent

  Master , Engineering Physics , 1998 — 2003

  Summa cum laude
  Double specialization:
  - Control Theory
  - Theoretical Physics

  Activities and Societies:

  Vereniging Voor Natuurkunde (VVN - Society of Physics)

• Universiteit Gent

  Candidature , Mathematics , 1999 — 2002

• Sint-Lievenscollege

  Latijn-Grieks-Wiskunde 8h 1992 — 1998

Additional Information

Korneel van den Broek’s Websites:

• My Website

Korneel van den Broek’s Interests:

computer modelling, macroeconomics, salsa dancing, playing the violin

Korneel van den Broek’s Groups:

•    Alumni Universiteit Gent
•    BAEF Alumni
•    Alumni in the US

Korneel van den Broek’s Honors:

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Graduate Fellow (KiTP), Spring 2008

Francqui Fellow (Belgian American Educational Foundation - BAEF), 2003-2004

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