Biography and expertise
Received PhD in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and MS in Mathematics from Sofia University, Bulgaria.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Operations Research
Case Western Reserve University, 1996
Master's Degree
MS in Operations Research
University of Sofia, 1985
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Popova, Ivilina T. Determinants of Liquefied Natural Gas Prices, Federal, $32749. (Submitted: May 2020, Funded: May 2021 - May 2022). Grant.
- Popova, Ivilina. General Mixture Design of Experiments and Monte Carlo Sampling for Portfolio Optimization, Brazilian Government, Federal, $10000. (Funded: September 2014 - December 2014). Grant.
- Popova, Ivilina (Principal). Trading in presence of cointegration, Texas State University - San Marcos, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2010 - 2011). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Flynn, M. J., Popova, I. T., & Liu, Y. (2026). Do Retail Traders Gamble on Stock Options? Journal of Financial Markets. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2026.101062
- Liu, Y., Popova, I. T., & Yi, H. C. (2025). Anchoring on Safe Haven: Russia-Ukraine War Effects on the Cryptocurrency Market. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.
- Popova, I. T., & Stutz, M. D. (2025). JDAPP: Reinforcement Learning with Phaseshift Jump Diffusion and Fourier Randomization for Robust Financial Agent Training. Finance Research Letters.
- Popova, I. T., & Liu, Y. (2023). Threats to Central Bank Independence and Exchange Rate Volatility: High-Frequency Identification with Trump’s Fed Tweets. Finance Research Letters.
- Popova, I. T., Simkins, B., & Byers, J. (2021). Robust Estimation of Conditional Risk Measures Using Machine Learning Algorithm for Commodity Futures Prices in the Presence of Outliers. Journal of Commodity Markets.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2016 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, McCoy College of Business Administration. May 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Research, Department of Finance and Economics. May 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Nominated: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors, Alpha Chi. May 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Elected: Bulgarian Academy of Arts and Sciences. October 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2014 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 2014
Featured service activities
- Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Commodity Markets
- Chair
Ai in Finance Conference
- Member
Piper Committee
- Member
REP committee
- Chair
Ai in Finance Conference
- Other
Department of Finance & Economics Merit Committee