Lingkun Lu

Lingkun Lu is a highly experienced quantitative researcher currently serving as Lead Quantitative Researcher at Balyasny Asset Management L.P. since June 2022. Prior to this role, Lingkun held several positions at Citi from March 2015 to June 2022, including Vice President Quantitative Analyst, where responsibilities encompassed equity derivatives flow quant, market making, and credit algo trading, with a focus on volatility modeling, trading strategy development, and quantitative research. Lingkun holds a Master of Science in Mathematics in Finance from New York University's Courant Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (with minors in Computer Science and Business) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.