Thomas G. Kurtz (born 14 July 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States) is an American emeritus professor of Mathematics[1] and Statistics[2] at University of Wisconsin-Madison known for his research contributions to many areas of probability theory and stochastic processes. In particular, Kurtz’s research focuses on convergence, approximation and representation of several important classes of Markov processes. His findings appear in scientific disciplines such as systems biology, population genetics, telecommunications networks and mathematical finance.