Colin Lu

Colin Lu is a seasoned quantitative researcher currently employed at Tower Research Capital since March 2020, with previous experience as a derivatives trader at Optiver from August 2014 to March 2019, focusing on CME Treasuries Futures and working on equity index and oil futures. Colin has a solid foundation in education, having served as a teaching assistant at Art of Problem Solving and a research assistant at the Yale School of Management, where data gathering and analysis for asset-pricing projects were conducted. Additional roles include grading for advanced mathematics courses at Yale's Mathematics Department and a summer associate position at Citadel LLC, utilizing MATLAB and Excel VBA for data analysis. Colin's early career features a quantitative analyst internship at Wall Street North and research at Yale’s Chemistry Department, contributing to advanced chemical reactions. Colin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Mathematical Economics from Yale University.