Jáchym Sýkora

Jáchym Sýkora is a Prague-based quantitative analyst at Qminers, an algorithmic-trading firm. Trained as a theoretical physicist (MMath Cambridge 2011-2015; PhD research at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, 2015-2021, first-authoring condensed-matter theory papers), he moved into industry data science and then trading software, joining Qminers as a Quantitative Analyst in 2024. He represented the Czech Republic at the IMO 2010.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. The subject's current role is Quantitative Analyst at Qminers (LinkedIn/index backbone, 2024-02 to present), and Qminers' own site describes it as a firm that develops software for algorithmic trading, trading autonomously across many markets since 2014 - a genuine systematic/algorithmic trading employer, not merely a name containing 'quant'. Identity is supported by the Czech-Matfyz-Charles-University physics publication trail linking the Cambridge/MP-physics bio to his live LinkedIn (index backbone) and Qminers. Caveat: the Qminers role rests on the index-only LinkedIn spine (not independent primary-source confirmation), and the employer's company page, not a per-person page, carries the trading classification.Sep 17, 2026
• Qminers self-describes as a firm that 'develop[s] software for algorithmic trading', trading autonomously on many markets since 2014 - a primary-source company classification confirming it is an algorithmic/quantitative trading employer rather than merely a name containing 'quant'.2025
• Career after the PhD moved into data science and then trading software: Data Scientist at E.ON (2022-2023), Senior Data Scientist at Nano Energies (2023), then Quantitative Analyst at Qminers (2024-). The first three rest on the index-only LinkedIn enrichment backbone (single source), which is not independent primary-source confirmation.Feb 2024
• Doctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart (2015-2021), theory of quantum materials; IMPRS-CMS member page lists him.2015
• Bakala Foundation scholarship profile (2011; field Physics; University of Cambridge) states he attended Christian Doppler Grammar School, took part in the two-year CTU/FNSP 'Cesta k vědě' project, first studied physics at Charles University Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, then was accepted to Peterhouse, Cambridge and completed the Mathematical Tripos (MMath).2011
• Nano Energies (his 2023 employer) is a Czech energy-flexibility/virtual-power-plant company that aggregates and trades demand-side flexibility on electricity markets, i.e. an energy-trading (not classic systematic-trading) employer, so that role reads as energy-market data science rather than quant-finance trading.2023
• Authored peer-reviewed condensed-matter theory papers as first author while at Max Planck: arXiv:1801.04885 'Fluctuation effects at the onset of 2kF density wave order with one pair of hot spots' (2018, Sýkora, Holder, Metzner) and arXiv:2104.11382 (2021, Sýkora, Metzner), showing a research-track physics career before the move into industry.2021
• IMO 2010: represented Czech Republic, ranked 266 (48.6%), 14 points (P1 7, P4 7), awarded HM (honourable mention).Jul 2010