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Quantitative researcher delivering analytics on the full range of wholesale financial markets (covering equities/bonds/derivatives, primary and secondary markets as well as market infrastructure).

Analysis of wholesale financial markets looking primarily into derivatives and equities.

• Extraction, cleaning, manipulating and analysing large financial data sets with R to find key trends• Evaluating and testing these analytical results with statistical analysis• Increasing my knowledge of financial markets and banking practices• Effectively communicating findings of investigations to those with and without quantitative backgrounds • Using version control systems (GitLab) to enable work to be done on multiple projects simultaneously and to collaboratively work… Show more • Extraction, cleaning, manipulating and analysing large financial data sets with R to find key trends• Evaluating and testing these analytical results with statistical analysis• Increasing my knowledge of financial markets and banking practices• Effectively communicating findings of investigations to those with and without quantitative backgrounds • Using version control systems (GitLab) to enable work to be done on multiple projects simultaneously and to collaboratively work on larger projects• Using cloud computing to allow code to be run at a much faster rate than on an individual computer and to enhance team work potential Show less

- Carried out multiple N-body simulations of a galaxy mergers with varying initial parameters.- Quickly learned and applied new mathematical and physical techniques to the simulations in order to work efficiently. - Presented findings to two well versed academics in a poster presentation and viva.

Developed communication and organisational skills in weekly board meetings where the quality and relevance of student submitted scientific papers were assessed.

Submitted scientific papers on a weekly basis to a board of editors to assess the validity and quality of the papers before they were published. -Have since had 6 papers published to the undergraduate physics journal.

- Carried out observations of supernovae using the University of Leicester observatory to analyse light curve data and investigate what type of supernovae they were.- Quickly learned new observational techniques to allow the most time viewing gathering data.- Presented project findings and information about the topic to two members of academic staff; both versed in the field. A viva assessment followed where my knowledge was tested by both of the academic staff, requiring me to work… Show more - Carried out observations of supernovae using the University of Leicester observatory to analyse light curve data and investigate what type of supernovae they were.- Quickly learned new observational techniques to allow the most time viewing gathering data.- Presented project findings and information about the topic to two members of academic staff; both versed in the field. A viva assessment followed where my knowledge was tested by both of the academic staff, requiring me to work accurately whilst under pressure. Show less