Experience

Quantitative Research Intern

Qube Research & Technologies, Singapore

Feb 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Researched and implemented two mid/low-frequency Equity alpha strategies across US, EMEA, and AEC regions, contributing to live portfolio with improved Sharpe (Python, AWS EC2)
  • Analyzed market microstructure for Tokyo Stock Exchange to optimize HFT arbitrage execution, reducing slippage by ~2% and improving fill rates by ~4% for the market making desk (Python, Ray)
  • Deployed BARRA factor dashboard used by 12+ researchers for model attribution and portfolio insights
  • Received return offer for different team due to internal restructuring; decided not to proceed

Student Researcher

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany

Jul 2023 - Sep 2023

  • Predicted network traffic for component of automated driving with Quantum Machine Learning (Python)
  • Set up a pipeline for training and evaluating of neural networks on an HPC cluster (Docker)

Summer Analyst - Portfolio Analytics Group

BlackRock, Budapest, Hungary

Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Engineered an evaluation pipeline to validate a new multi-asset multi-factor financial model by comparing its outputs with an older model, enhancing data collection efficiency by 60% through infrastructure improvements
  • Developed a risk monitoring dashboard to automatically flag data inconsistencies between firm-internal and client databases across multiple portfolios, utilizing Python and SQL for data validation and integrating the solution into a nightly update routine

Graduate Intern - Restructuring, Performance, Transformation & Transaction

Roland Berger, Munich, Germany

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Communicated with executive board and managed the data room for distressed sell-side mandate in the chemicals sector, prepared 12 investor proposals and analyzed deal structures for a €100m+ transaction
  • Conducted competitor analysis and interviewed 3 industry experts in a buy-side Commercial Due Diligence project, evaluating market trends and competitive positioning for a software company acquisition

Intern - Risk & Treasury

KPMG, Munich, Germany

Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Developed an interactive treasury dashboard in Microsoft PowerBI, integrating Python-based web scraping and Google News API to analyze real-time market data, including CDS spreads and sentiment analysis of news articles on 15 counterparties
  • Presented project results and demonstrated the tool to the entire German Treasury practice (>60 FTE, including partners) in a nationwide call, followed by a live demo to two clients, driving interest in advanced data-driven risk management solutions

Student Researcher

Institute for Complex Quantum Systems, Ulm University, Germany

Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Simulated Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centre dynamics interacting with surrounding nuclear spins in Matlab with Monte Carlo methods
  • Had a scientific poster presentation at 84th Condensed Matter Conference of German Physical Society

Assistant Lecturer & Student Researcher

Institute for Business Analytics, Ulm University, Germany

Apr 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Oversaw and maintained the large-scale IT infrastructure (server for 19 agencies) of the state-wide project DIGIPEG
  • Was assistant lecturer for a Bachelor module teaching Data Science with Python to ~80 students (Prof. Klier)

Education

Full-time Chinese Course

Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China (PRC)

Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 (discontinued in Dec 2024)

  • I participated in the Full-Time Chinese Language Course of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in order to improve my Chinese level and experience Chinese life and culture. Personal Goal: Achieve HSK 5 (equiv. B2-C1)
  • Discontinued my studies in Dec 2024 after I accepted an offer to work in Singapore from 2025

Research Stay for Master's Thesis

National University of Singapore

Oct 2023 - Sep 2024

  • Academic Research stay at Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) in the group of Hui Khoon Ng. Working on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Quantum Computing applications.
  • Master Thesis: "Real-time context-aware gate calibration for quantum error suppression using Reinforcement Learning" (grade: 4.0 / 4.0)

Exchange Year

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China (ROC)

Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Coursework focus: Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC), Chinese Language
  • Final GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

MSc Physics and Management & MSc Physics (Double Degree)

Ulm University, Germany

Apr 2021 - Sep 2024

  • Coursework focus: Quantum Computing, Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning
  • Final GPA: 4.0 / 4.0, major GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

BSc Physics and Management

Ulm University, Germany

Oct 2017 - Mar 2021

  • Coursework focus: Statistical Mechanics, Business Analytics
  • Bachelor thesis: "Exact stochastic correction of Mean Field Theory with application to diamond-based spin systems" (grade: 3.7 / 4.0)

Languages

  • German (native), English (professional working proficiency), Mandarin Chinese (est. HSK4, B1-2), French (est. B1)
  • Python (advanced), R, Matlab, SQL, Bash (proficient)

Technology

  • Cloud Computing: AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda, Braket), GCP (Virtual Machines, Storage)
  • Docker, HPC clusters

Interests

  • Passionate about cooking, swimming, tennis, traveling, language learning, Chinese culture, ...

Volunteering

My resume can be found here (Jan 2026 version)

Email: firstname _ lastname [at] icloud dot com
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