Yihao Ru

Yihao (Oliver) Ru is currently an AVP and Quant Researcher at BestX, focusing on market microstructure and leveraging machine learning for pre-trade and post-trade analysis. They also hold the same position at State Street. Previously, Yihao was a Quant Equity Research Analyst at UBS and completed an internship as a Junior Quantitative Analyst at ACT Commodities, where they specialized in exotic options pricing. Yihao is pursuing dual master’s degrees in Financial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, alongside a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from Tongji University.