Sören Künzel
Senior Quantitative Researcher & Team Lead
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolSören Künzel is a Senior Quantitative Researcher and team lead at Citadel Securities with nine years of quantitative finance experience and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics and Probability from UC Berkeley. He progressed from intern roles at Apple, Facebook and Citadel LLC to head Citadel Securities’ FX desk before assuming his current research leadership role, blending deep probabilistic modeling with real-time market applications. A 2017 Data Open Champion and former collegiate gymnastics national champion, he pairs competitive drive and creative problem solving with rigorous statistical expertise. Based in Miami, he is known for translating advanced stochastic methods into production trading strategies and mentoring cross-functional teams to deploy robust, low-latency solutions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematical Statistics and Probability at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität BonnMathematical Statistics and Probability, Mathematical Statistics and Probability at Yale University
German, English, French, Norwegian, Latin
Github Skills (2)
causal-inference10
random-forest10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
soerenkuenzel/forestry
Oct 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 release, 195 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 6 months
theo-s/ridgeEvaluation
Sep 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:122 commits, 91 pushes in 8 months
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