Chao Lu
Portfolio Manager at Walleye Capital
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChao Lu is a portfolio manager based in New York with 15 years of quantitative investing experience and a PhD in Applied Physics from Princeton. He has led and co-managed multi-hundred-million to billion-dollar equity books, including co-managing a $1B GMV global equity book and heading a top quant spin-off team from Millennium. Prior roles at Point72, WorldQuant and other hedge funds reflect deep expertise in systematic strategies, research team leadership, and productionalizing models. At Walleye Capital he combines hands-on quantitative research with portfolio construction and risk management responsibilities. Trained as an applied physicist and mechanical engineer, he brings a strong physics- and data-driven approach to alpha generation and model robustness. Colleagues note his ability to bridge rigorous academic methods with pragmatic trade execution and team mentorship.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics at Princeton University
Github Skills (31)
markdown10
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notion10
tesseract10
obsidian10
electron9
webdav9
openai9
evernote9
emacs8
self-hosting8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
loochao/lch-emacs-1
Jun 2011 - Nov 2012
Contributions:79 commits in 1 year 4 months
loochao/lch-emacs
Aug 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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