Our Affiliated Faculty & Collaborators

Affiliated faculty and collaborators have played a central role in the development, implementation and management of CoFES’ programs in education and research. As we are a multidisciplinary center, affiliated faculty and collaborators have shared their valuable expertise and methodologies as they have advised our students and worked to enhance our programs.

Over the decades, their wide-ranging contributions have expanded our research and shaped our curriculum. Results of their work have been presented at workshops, short courses and the center’s flagship conference – the Eubank Conference on Real World Markets.

Affiliated Faculty & Collaborators

Roberto Bertolusso
Roberto Bertolusso, PhD

Senior Pfeiffer Lecturer

Dennis Cox
Dennis Cox, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Mahmoud Amin El-Gamal
Mahmoud Amin El-Gamal, PhD

Professor, Economics & Statistics, Rice University
Chair, Islamic Economics, Finance & Management, Rice University

Katherine B. Ensor
Katherine B. Ensor, PhD, PStat

Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics, Rice University
Director of CoFES, Rice University

Matthias Heinkenschloss
Matthias Heinkenschloss, PhD

Noah Harding Chair and Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research

Michael D. Jackson
Michael Jackson, PhD

Lecturer
Director, Professional Master of Statistics (MStat) Program

Daniel Kowal
Daniel Kowal, PhD

Dobelman Family Assistant Professor of Statistics, Rice University

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Lada Kyj, PhD

Head of Investment Management Fintech Quant Strategies, Vanguard Fintech Ventures

Max Lee
Max Lee, MS, CFA

Director, Head of Commodity and FX Index Trading, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Adjunct Professor of the Practice, Rice University

Meng Li
Meng Li, PhD

Noah Harding Assistant Professor

Shiqian Ma
Shiqian Ma, PhD

Associate Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research

Barbara Ostdiek
Barbara Ostdiek, PhD.

Senior Associate Dean of Degree Programs
Professor of Finance

Jamie Padgett
Jamie Padgett, PhD

Stanley C. Moore Professor in Engineering
Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Director, GSP@Rice

Guodong Pang
Guodong Pang, PhD

Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Rice University

Sebastian Perez Salazar
Sebastian Perez Salazar, PhD

Assistant Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research

Michael Reed
Michael Reed, PhD

Independent Investment Advisor, M. J. Reed Investment Consulting

Manolo Sánchez
Manolo Sánchez, MA, MSc

Adjunct Professor of Management and Operations Management
Lecturer, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, CoFES

Andrew J. Schaefer
Andrew J. Schaefer, PhD

Noah Harding Chair and Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research

David Scott
David Scott, PhD

Noah Harding Professor Emeritus

Leticia Velazquez
Leticia Velazquez, PhD

Lecturer and Director of Tapia Center Operations

Frederi Viens
Frederi Viens, PhD

Professor of Statistics, Rice University

Wentao Zhao
Wentao Zhao, PhD

Global Quantitative Analytics Manager, ExxonMobil Global Trading
Adjunct Professor of the Practice, Rice University

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Invited Lecturers

Joseph Egbulefu, Ph.D.
Founder
Meritic


Mukul Khandelia, MS
Managing Partner
QuantRoll Capital


Dallam Masterson
Data Scientist
DataRobot


Michael Reed, Ph.D.
Owner, Independent Investment Advisor
M. J. Reed Investment Consulting


William Wojciechowski, Ph.D.
Chief Risk Officer
Vaughan Nelson


Kranthi Gade, Ph.D.
Head, Global Commodity, FX QIS Structuring
Bank of America


Lynn Lewis
Retired, Director and Board Member
Green Street Advisors


Thompson Ng
Portfolio Manager
Gunvor Group Ltd


Bonnie Ray, Ph.D.
VP Data
Chartbeat


Stan Yabroff
Principal
CQG, Inc.


Ram Galindo
Chairman & CEO
The Galindo Group


Charles Luke, BBA, CFA
Managing Director, Co-Director, Fixed Income
City National Rochdale


Rangan Padmanabhan, CFA, FRM
Chief Financial Officer
Nauticus Robotics, Inc.


Robert L. Shoss, JD, MBA
Lecturer, University of Houston
Private Investor


Nick Howard, MBA
Owner/CEO
Bantix Technologies, QuikStrike


Atif Malik
Director, Securities and FX
Bank of America


Mark Radulovich, MBA
Partner and Founder
Prota Financial


Xifan Wang, Ph.D.
Quantitative Research Analyst
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.


Email

For general inquiries and partnerships, or to sign up for our newsletter, email cofes@rice.edu.

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Location

Physical Address
6100 Main St.
Maxfield Hall, Suite 113
Houston, TX, 77005

Mailing Address
CoFES MS-138
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX, 77251-1892

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