Shamit Kachru

Shamit Kachru currently serves as Executive Director at PDT Partners, a quantitative hedge fund, since September 2022. In addition, Shamit Kachru has a longstanding role at Stanford University that began in 1999, where responsibilities include research and teaching as a Professor of Physics, as well as serving as the Wells Family Director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department Chair of the Stanford Physics Department. Educational credentials include an AB in Physics from Harvard University and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Princeton University.