{"id":3513,"date":"2021-11-05T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2021-11-05T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T15:03:49","slug":"come-meet-alum-florian-block-and-learn-about-finance-jobs-for-math-phds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/2021\/11\/05\/come-meet-alum-florian-block-and-learn-about-finance-jobs-for-math-phds\/","title":{"rendered":"Come meet Alum Florian Block and learn about finance jobs for Math PhDs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-1024x535.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-700x366.png 700w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-520x272.png 520w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-360x188.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-250x131.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad-100x52.png 100w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1178\/2021\/11\/Florian-Block-Linkedin-Seminar-Speaker-Ad.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/non-academic-careers-project\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/non-academic-careers-project\/\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">More about non-Academic Careers for Math PhDs<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn&nbsp;more about Dr. Block or PDT Partners, please see the links below.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/florian-block-2368427b\/#\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/florian-block-2368427b\/#\">Florian Block, <\/a>PhD<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdtpartners.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pdtpartners.com\">PDT Partners<\/a>:<\/strong> PDT, which stands for Process Driven Trading, was founded by Peter Muller in 1993 as a proprietary trading group within Morgan Stanley. In 2013, after establishing a 19-year track record finding inefficiencies in financial markets, the group spun out of Morgan Stanley to become an independent investment management firm, PDT Partners. Today we are a leader in the field of quantitative finance, known for our rigorous scientific, systematic, and model-driven approach to investing, with multiple billions in assets under management. Peter Muller, Founder and CEO, and a small group of managing partners lead around 200 scientists, engineers, and professionals in New York and London.<br><strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/my\/erdosinstitute\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/my\/erdosinstitute\">Zoom Link<\/a>:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/my\/erdosinstitute\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>In order to access this seminar, you will need to be logged into your Zoom account. This is an added security measure to prevent &#8220;Zoom-bombing&#8221; or disruptions by internet users who are not connected&nbsp;to the Erd\u0151s Institute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More about non-Academic Careers for Math PhDs To learn&nbsp;more about Dr. Block or PDT Partners, please see the links below.Florian Block, PhDPDT Partners: PDT, which stands for Process Driven Trading, was founded by Peter Muller in 1993 as a proprietary trading group within Morgan Stanley. In 2013, after establishing a 19-year track record finding inefficiencies&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/2021\/11\/05\/come-meet-alum-florian-block-and-learn-about-finance-jobs-for-math-phds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Come meet Alum Florian Block and learn about finance jobs for Math PhDs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,60,14,84,12,15,39,112,6,28,57,83],"tags":[77,214,215],"class_list":["post-3513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-career-development-opportunities","category-careers","category-erdos-institute","category-events","category-featured","category-internships-2","category-invitations-to-industry","category-job-search","category-news","category-non-academic-jobs","category-sent-post","tag-finance","tag-florian-block","tag-pdt-partners","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3513"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3521,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513\/revisions\/3521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}