Carnegie Mellon University

MSCF Steering Committee


The MSCF program is governed by a Steering Committee composed of a senior faculty member from each of the four participating colleges and an executive director. Program and curriculum modifications are made by the Steering Committee after gathering input from various sources, including students, employers, MSCF alumni, and the MSCF Advisory Board, among others.

Robert S. Simon
MSCF Executive Director
(center)

Lars-Alexander Kuehn
Tepper School of Business 
Associate Professor of Finance
(second from right)

Martin Larsson
Mellon College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Professor of Mathematical Sciences
(far right)

John Lehoczky  
Thomas Lord University Professor Emeritus
Ex Officio
(not pictured)

Chad Schafer
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Statistics & Data Science
Professor
(second from left)

Andrew Wasser
Heinz College
Associate Dean, School of Information Systems and Management
(far left)

MSCF Advisory Board 2025 - 2026

  • Leif Andersen
    Managing Director, Bank of America
  • Tony Berkman
    Managing Director, Two Sigma
  • Sebastian Ceria
    Chief Executive Officer, Qontigo
  • Keishi Hotsuki
    Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley
  • Giuseppe Nuti
    Managing Director, Two Sigma
  • Chetan Vohra
    Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
  • Roni Israelov
    Senior Quant Researcher, Citadel
  • Reha Tutunca
    Head of Portfolio Research, Point72
  • Asher Mahboob
    Co-Founder, Quantbot
  • Yumi Oh
    Senior Business Management Lead, Citadel
  • Julio Da Graca
    Managing Director, Citi
  • Max G'Sell
    Quantitative Researcher, PDT
  • Manuela Veloso
    Head, Artificial Intelligence Research, JP Morgan

MSCF Alumni Board 2025 - 2026

  • Steven Doviak
    Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
  • Honghui Li
    Managing Director - Head of MBS/ABS Quant Strategies, Bank of America
  • Matthew Lyberg
    Director - Quantitative Development, Manulife Investment Management
  • Braxton McKenzie
    Data Scientist, Citadel
  • Anushka Poddar
    Trader - Equity Derivatives, Vice President, BNP Paribas
  • Neel Purohit
    Portfolio Manager, ExodusPoint Capital Management
  • Santiago Quintero
    Vice President - Corporate Derivatives, Goldman Sachs
  • Xu Shi
    Quantitative Researcher, Jump Trading
  • Xingyao Sun
    Trader, Balyasny Asset Management
  • Michael Wang
    Quant Trader, Optiver
  • Wenye Xiao
    VP - Quantitative Trader, J.P. Morgan
  • Yuyang Xie
    Trader, CTC