Jørgen Aase Nielsen originally trained in chemistry but soon shifted to operations research and finance. He joined Aarhus University in 1973 as a faculty member in Operations Research, later becoming a professor in Mathematical Finance at the Department of Mathematics until his retirement in 2009. He was a key figure in developing the mathematical finance teaching and research environment in Denmark, attracting many international visitors. He played an instrumental role in founding the Bachelier Finance Society in Aarhus in 1996.
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