Caili Shen

Caili Shen is a mathematician and quantitative researcher. He represented the People's Republic of China at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2006 and 2007, winning gold both years, then earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics at Peking University (2007-2011) and a PhD in mathematics at Caltech (2011-2016). His graduate work was in low-dimensional topology (Khovanov homology). He works at Vatic Labs, a New York systematic quantitative trading firm. Index-derived sources list his role there as Quantitative Researcher since 2016; the role is corroborated by a 2024 third-party post.

Notes4

• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED - Vatic Labs is a global liquidity provider/quantitative trading firm (vaticlabs.ai) and Caili Shen's role there is attested by LinkedIn-index headline and X corroboration.
• linkedin headline: 'Market Scientist at Quantitative Trading Firm', Vatic Labs in Experience, Caltech in Education; index snippet only.
• Caltech mathematics faculty Yi Ni's page lists 'Caili Shen (left in 2016)' among PhD students (primary academic page).2016
• Won IMO gold medals for the People's Republic of China in two consecutive years: gold in 2007 (rank 2, 36 points) and gold in 2006 (rank 4, 37 points).Jul 2007
• Caltech PhD in Mathematics 2011-2016 and Peking University BS in Mathematics 2007-2011 (index-only, LinkedIn-derived snippets).