Michail Savvas

Michail Savvas is a mathematician working in enumerative geometry, moduli theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory and derived algebraic geometry, with recent stated interest in artificial intelligence. He earned a PhD in mathematics at Stanford (2018, advisor Jun Li) after Cambridge Part III and a Cambridge BA, then held postdoctoral positions at UC San Diego (2018-2021) and UT Austin (from 2021) and was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Iowa until June 2025. LinkedIn enrichment lists him as a Quantitative Researcher at Radix Trading LLC from July 2025.

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• Identity resolution: the index person 'taiga-1228943181' and the LinkedIn slug 'michail-savvas' both resolve to the same individual as the IMO-2007 Greece / Stanford-Cambridge mathematician - the LinkedIn enrichment work and education history (Stanford PhD, Cambridge, UT Austin, UCSD) matches the independently read CV and personal site of that person, so the academic and industry records are one person, not a namesake.Sep 2026
• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. LinkedIn profile enrichment and the local people index list Michail Savvas as Quantitative Researcher at Radix Trading LLC (start July 2025) - an actual full-time role, not a student program, insight day, camp, competition, or pending offer. The employer genuinely operates in quantitative finance rather than only carrying a 'quant' name: Radix's own site describes a research firm 'powered by technology and monetized through trading' and Wikipedia classifies Radix Trading as a proprietary trading firm. Identity is supported: the same LinkedIn profile's work history (Stanford PhD, UT Austin, UCSD) matches the CV and personal website of this IMO-2007/Stanford mathematician. Caveat: the Radix role rests on LinkedIn enrichment and the index only - his personal website, updated with an 'until June 2025' note, does not itself name Radix, and no independent primary Radix page or press item was found, so the role is not corroborated beyond index/LinkedIn-level evidence and its currency as of 2026 is unverified.Jul 2025
• His personal site was updated to say 'Until June 2025, I was an Assistant Professor at ... the University of Iowa', confirming he left academia by mid-2025; his site then lists no industry employer, so the sole source naming his post-academic employer (Radix) is LinkedIn enrichment/index - the site corroborates the timing of the exit but not the destination.Jun 2025
• Represented Greece at the 2007 International Mathematical Olympiad and won a Bronze Medal, scoring 14 points (rank 226, 56.7%).Jul 2007
• Names to disambiguate from: the local index returns several unrelated 'Michail Savvas'/'Savvas Michail' records (a lawyer, a SOL Hellas managing director, a TSYS consultant, an Oak Ridge plasma physicist) - none matches the mathematician/quant, so the LinkedIn slug 'michail-savvas' is the correct anchor.2026
• Career timeline (academic): S.E.W. Visiting Assistant Professor, UC San Diego (07/2018-06/2021); then Postdoctoral Instructor / Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin (from 07/2021); then Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Iowa, until June 2025.Jun 2025
• Awarded a PhD in Mathematics at Stanford University in 2018; thesis 'Generalized Donaldson-Thomas Invariants via Kirwan Blowups', advisor Jun Li.Jun 2018
• Location is not settled by sources and conflicts between them: LinkedIn/enrichment index places him in New York, New York, while his last verified academic post was University of Iowa (Iowa City). The personal site predates the move and names no city, so neither is a confirmed current residence.2026
• Research interests span enumerative geometry, moduli theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory, and derived algebraic & differential geometry; he also names 'artificial intelligence' as an area he has done work in, which predates and is consistent with an eventual move to a quantitative research firm.Jun 2025
• Completed Cambridge's Master of Mathematics (Part III) at Trinity College in 2012 with Distinction; his Part III essay was 'Cohomology of coherent sheaves on complex algebraic varieties and Hodge theory'.Jun 2012
• Took a BA (Hons) in Mathematics at Cambridge Trinity College, graduating 2011 with First Class Honours in each year.Jun 2011
• Before Cambridge he studied one year (2007-2008) at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, with a grade of 9.35/10 - his only recorded enrollment in Greece, immediately after the 2007 IMO.Jun 2008