About Kymatic

Dr. Charles Fu

Charles Fu is a mathematician with a Ph.D. from Harvard University and S.B. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Charles’s academic research focuses on geometric representation theory, the geometric Langlands program, and homotopical algebra. He was recognized with appointments to the CLE Moore Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT and to a postdoctoral fellowship at Kyoto University.

In addition to his background in pure mathematics, Charles has over a decade’s experience as a full-stack open-source software contributor developing and maintaining performant, robust software systems, including those which now power research and trading at Kymatic.

Dr. James Tao

James Tao is a mathematician with a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and A.B. in mathematics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard University. James is a two-time gold medalist at the International Mathematical Olympiad, a USA Mathematics Olympiad winner, a three-time John Harvard Scholar, and the recipient of several other academic awards and honors. James has authored and coauthored numerous published papers and preprints in pure mathematics, including works published in Mathematische Annalen and Selecta Mathematica.

James applies his incisive problem-solving approach to the research and execution of rigorous trading strategies at Kymatic.

Dr. Philip Kalikman

Philip Kalikman is an Assistant Professor of Finance, Real Estate, and Economics at the University of Cambridge. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Chicago. Philip’s academic research spans quantitative finance, debt and credit markets, and machine learning applications in financial markets.

Beyond academia, Philip has spent over a decade as a practitioner in financial services, including as a quantitative researcher for a $12B fixed income hedge fund, as the senior economist in a fintech-focused venture capital firm, and as a court-recognized expert witness in multi-million dollar financial litigation. Philip has been an invited speaker at numerous leading academic and financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Office of Financial Research, Oxford, and MIT.

Philip draws on his experience across academic research and applied quantitative finance to strengthen Kymatic’s research process, investment strategy, and risk management.