Julia Spina Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Author of "The Unlucky Investor's Guide to Options Trading" (published by Wiley)• A comprehensive and actionable guide to sustainable options trading for retail investors - minimal luck needed. • The book uses statistics and historical backtests to explore the potential risks and rewards of these highly versatile and complex financial instruments. • From the fundamentals of options to strategy construction and portfolio management, "The Unlucky Investor's Guide" teaches new investors all about the basics of options and how to develop sustainable, actionable options strategies consistent with one’s personal investing objectives.• More information about the tastytrade book promotion can be found here: https://info.tastytrade.com/investorsguide• Book vendors can be found here: https://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119882656,descCd-buy.html• Descriptions and a book preview can also be found on Amazon (linked below).Retail Derivatives Trading Research• Developed strategies for equity, options, and futures retail trading on the tastyworks platform• Created statistical libraries (Python) for backtesting retail trading strategies, optimizing portfolio allocation, and managing trading risk in various market conditions• Analyzed option/equity data for retail-level trading signals using techniques such as DBSCANclustering and feedforward neural networks (Python)

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Single-photon Perception by Humans• Tested the limitations of human vision and our ability to perceive single photons• Constructed heralded single-photon source according to higher order correlation analyses• Created training metric using binomial statistics to correlate confidence with uncertainty accuracy Optical Demonstration of the Zeno Effect • Exploited properties of quantum mechanics to minimize decay of transmitted optical quantum states• Developed and tested predictive numerical models of optical systems in Mathematica• Automated signal processing and statistical analyses of experimental APD data in Python • Presented results at APS Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2019 Annual ConferenceQuantum Key Distribution Between Two Drones• Worked towards implementing secure drone-to-drone quantum communication (drone-drone QKD)• Tested efficiency of optical collection systems and sensitivities to vibration and diffraction • Created/tested numerical models of system efficiency and sensitivities in Mathematica

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Topology of Structures in Constrained Spaces• Worked towards developing method for modeling curvature in the Heisenberg Group • Modified R3 differential geometry formalism to reach a sub-Riemannian limit in Mathematica• Presented the results of this research at 3 University of Illinois undergraduate research symposia

Lafayette, Indiana Area

Excitation Structure of FMO • Determined excitonic structure of photosynthetic complexes experimentally and computationally• Gathered, processed, and automated analyses of spectroscopic time-series data in Python• Modeled absorption of mutated photosynthetic structures by running classical and quantum simulation dynamics simulations in parallel using Amber and OpenMPI• Presented the results of this research at the 2017 Purdue University Physics REU Midterm and Final Presentation Seminars

Chicago, Il

Exploring Alternatives to Stem Cell Therapy • Experimented with methods for viably aerosolizing stem cells and protein slurries with regenerative properties • Tested clinical effectiveness of vapors in diabetic animal subjects • Experimented with topological application of regenerative proteins, with and without stimulation from electrical current • Developed and managed this interdepartmental project under the guidance of a supervisorPrecision Tissue Imaging• Tested methods for precisely staining tissue samples with DAB and fluorescent antibodies • Analyzed these samples with immunofluorescent microscopy• Presented the results of this research at the 2014 Hektoen Final Presentation Summer Seminar

Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Mass Production of Antimicrobial Textiles • Researched methods for feasibly mass producing antibacterial textiles • Used ultrasonic radiation to imbed antibacterial nanoparticles onto nylon textiles• Modified formulation based on SEM images of fabric samples and results from biological testing

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics

Activities and Societies: Optical Society, American Physical Society, American Chemical Society.My research focus was experimental quantum.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Applied Mathematics

I graduated from the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a degree in Applied Mathematics, and conducted differential geometry.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Engineering Physics

Activities and Societies: American Physical Society, The Optical Society, American Chemical SocietyI graduated with a degree.