Irina Pimenova

Irina Pimenova is a Quantitative Researcher at Aquatic Capital Management in Chicago, Illinois, where she specializes in the development and application of quantitative models for systematic trading strategies. Her work focuses primarily on financial markets, leveraging advanced statistical and computational methods to identify investment opportunities and manage risk within liquid asset classes such as equities and derivatives.

Prior to joining Aquatic Capital Management in 2023, Irina was a Quantitative Researcher at Citadel Securities for nearly five years, where she contributed to research and modeling efforts in high-frequency trading and market making. Her experience also includes a Quantitative Research Internship at Citadel LLC, deepening her expertise in quantitative analysis and algorithmic trading.

Irina holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Higher School of Economics, reflecting a strong academic foundation in quantitative disciplines. Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her ability to design data-driven investment solutions and her contributions to advancing quantitative research in the hedge fund and proprietary trading sectors.