Konrad Pilch

I worked as a quantitative researcher at Citadel Securities, one of the world's leading market makers. I completed a Masters in mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. My work focused on algebraic geometry and its connection to problems from differential geometry, number theory and combinatorics. I have a masters degree in mathematics and bachelor degrees with honours in both mathematics and mechatronic engineering from the University of Adelaide. Because of this I have a wide range of skills that range from problem solving, analytical thinking, engineering solutions to skills critical in teams including leadership, interpersonal communication and teaching. I am passionate about coding, mathematics, engineering and the process of using all three to solve complex problems. Outside of research, I have regularly taught mathematics of all levels to middle school, high school and university students. Teaching is a passion of mine and I have helped gifted students reac

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• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. A quantitative researcher role at Citadel Securities (Feb 2023 - Sep 2024, New York) appears in indexed profile data and in his own self-published personal-page summary, but no primary-source Citadel Securities record or press item was located this run; the only structured evidence is index/self-published, so the role is retained as index-consistent rather than independently confirmed. Employer classification: Citadel Securities is a market maker / electronic trading firm, so if the role is real it is genuine quantitative trading employment (not a student program or incoming offer). His current listed role, Software Engineer at Blackrock Neurotech (Switzerland, 2025-), is a neurotechnology firm, not quantitative finance. No other index or primary evidence of roles at banks, asset managers, or energy/crypto trading firms was found.Sep 2024
• LinkedIn enrichment places him as Software Engineer at Blackrock Neurotech in Switzerland from 2025 (current role); Blackrock Neurotech is a brain-computer-interface company, not a quantitative finance firm.2025
• Indexed profile lists Quantitative Researcher at Citadel Securities, New York, 2023-02 to 2024-09; this is index/aggregator-sourced only and does not by itself independently confirm the role against a primary Citadel or press source.Sep 2024
• PhD in Mathematics at Caltech (2015-2022) under Prof. Eric Rains; Quora profile independently states 'PhD Mathematics, California Institute of Technology (2022)'. Two angles (LinkedIn enrichment and Quora self-description) agree on institution and year.2022
• Received Caltech's Apostol Award for Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics - a departmental teaching prize, consistent with the tutoring/teaching thread across his profile.2022
• Identity note: the IMO competitor (Australia, 2005/2006), the Caltech PhD mathematician and the Citadel Securities researcher are linked through his personal Caltech page and matching education history; the 'taiga-187646162' caller identity and other LinkedIn slugs (konrad-pilch-a240a2278, konrad-pilch-3706791a6) were not confirmed as the same person and are not asserted as canonical.2022
• He maintained a personal academic page at Caltech (its.caltech.edu/~kpilch) carrying his own summary of a quantitative research role at Citadel Securities described as 'one of the world's leading market makers' - a self-published statement, useful as identity linkage but not independent employment confirmation.2021
• Named on the IMO official results for Australia in both 2005 and 2006; his 2006 individual score is 76 (indexed per IMO official results pages).Jul 2006
• Caltech's 2023 commencement program lists him as 'B.Math., The University of Adelaide 2010' on the Mathematics PhD line - an official record of the Adelaide undergraduate degree and year.Jun 2023
• His Caltech page (archived 2021/2022) is the canonical self-maintained profile URL tying the olympiad mathematician, the Caltech doctorate and the industry role to one identity.2022
• Authored introductory olympiad mathematics notes that IMO Malaysia explicitly circulated for teachers and parents to run classes - his olympiad output extended into training material others used, not just competing.2016
• MPhil thesis at Adelaide is titled 'Noncommutative geometry methods in number theory', held in the University of Adelaide digital library - primary document corroborating the pure-mathematics specialism in noncommutative geometry.2013