Dr. Pachamanova holds the Zwerling Term Chair in Operations Research, and teaches in the full-time MBA program, the evening MBA program, and the undergraduate program at Babson College.  Her research interests lie in the areas of robust optimization, portfolio risk management, simulation, and financial engineering.  She has published a number of articles in operations research, finance, and engineering journals, and co-authored the book Robust Portfolio Optimization and Management (The Frank J. Fabozzi Series in Finance, J. Wiley & Sons, 2007).  Dr. Pachamanova's academic research is supplemented by consulting and previous work in the financial industry, including projects with quantitative strategy groups at WestLB and Goldman Sachs.