Axel A. Araneda is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics & engineering physics (University of Concepcion, Chile) plus a Ph.D. in Complex Systems (Adolfo Ibanez University, Chile). Previously he was a postdoctoral scientist at FIAS Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (Goethe University, Germany) and at the Institute of Financial Complex Systems of Masaryk University. His research focuses on Quantitative Finance and Econophysics, particularly on option pricing and diffusion processes.