Alexander Chase

Alexander Chase

Operations Research and Information Engineering
Financial Engineering
MEng
Fall
2014
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Biography

MEng Concentration: Financial Engineering
Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2014
Areas of Interest: Risk management, trading, quantitative research

Alex graduated summa cum laude from Stony Brook University in 2013 where he earned a B.S. in mathematics and economics.

At Stony Brook, Alex became interested in risk management through his work with Prof. Rachev of FinAnalytica. In particular, he studied fat-tailed, non-Gaussian probability distributions and their applications to equity risk.

In pursuing a Financial Engineering degree at Cornell University, Alex hopes to further build the analytic and technical background needed to study financial markets. Upon graduation, he plans to pursue a career in risk management, quantitative research or investment management.