Lei Cui

Biography

MEng Concentration: Financial Engineering
Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2014
Areas of Interest: Trading, Risk Management, Quantitative Research

Lei Cui earned her Master degree of Statistics from University of California, Santa Barbara in March, 2013. And then she entered the Financial Engineering program at Cornell.

Lei has a variety of internship experience in financial industry. During her internship in Southern Asset Management Co., Lei improved her skills in quantitative trading. She engaged in modeling commodity future arbitrage strategy. Also, her internship in Golden Eagle Asset Management Co. broadened her horizons about stock trading, where she participated in valuing IPO and selecting stocks by financial news. All these experience inspired Lei to enhance her financial analytic skills through the Financial Engineering program at Cornell.

With strong quantitative skills and practical experience, Lei is eager to pursue a career in quantitative trading upon graduation.

In her spare time, Lei enjoys traveling, hiking and music.