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About
Fang Fang is a Quantitative Researcher at PEAK6, based in St. Louis, MO, where she applies advanced machine learning, statistics, and computational modeling to quantitative investing strategies. At PEAK6, her work focuses on the development and implementation of systematic trading models and risk analytics, contributing to the firm’s initiatives across equities and derivatives markets.
Her expertise spans financial data analysis, high-performance computing, and algorithmic strategy development, leveraging a multidisciplinary background to enhance investment decisions. Fang Fang brings extensive research experience, having served as a Research Assistant Professor at West Virginia University and as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder, focusing on atmospheric sciences and numerical simulations.
She holds a PhD in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences from the University of Michigan and a BS in Space Physics from Peking University. Her analytical skills bridge scientific research and quantitative finance, contributing to innovation in quantitative asset management and risk modeling within the investment industry.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEAK6 | Quantitative Researcher | May 2021 to Present | — |
| West Virginia University | Research Assistant Professor | Jul 2017 to Jan 2020 | Led 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of solar atmosphere in a large domain with 1 billion cells using block-adaptive upwind finite volume scheme.
Analyzed temporal and spatial evolution of the atmo... |
| University of Colorado Boulder | George Ellery Hale Fellowship Postdoc | Jun 2015 to May 2017 | Rewrote the solar interior model (14,000 lines of codes) using finite difference on a spherical geometry.
Improved the model performance by optimizing the algorithms and the message passing. The two ... |
| NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research | Advanced Study Program Fellowship Postdoc | Jun 2012 to May 2015 | Our atmospheric model contained more than 70,000 lines of codes, and my simulation domain contained more than 300 million cells and ran over 6,000 CPUs.
Coupled solar model with others in an integrat... |
Education
University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
2007 — 2012
Peking University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Space Physics
2003 — 2007
Skills & Expertise
Others at Peak6 LLC (40)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
 | Trading Associate | Chicago, IL , United States |
 | Senior Research Analyst | Chicago, IL , United States |
B Barbara Sun | Equity Options Trader | Austin, TX , United States |
 | Propriety Options Trader - Division Manager | Clarendon Hills, IL , United States |
B Benjamin Fisher | Equity and Index Options Trader | Chicago, IL , United States |
D Dan FitzGerald | Sr. Research Analyst | United States |
D David Budworth | Partner | Austin, TX , United States |
E Ethan Carter | Foreign Exchange Trader | Chicago, IL , United States |
 | Partner | Chicago, IL , United States |
H Huanlong Li | analyst | Chicago, IL , United States |
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