
Akiva Bruno Melka
Ph. D. candidate
Bar Ilan University
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008 - 2010 (2 years) Calyon Securities Inc. (New York, NY)
Vice-President Position in Equities Derivatives Trading.
2006 - 2008 (2 years) Lehman Brothers Inc. (New York, NY)
Associate Position in Equity Derivatives Structuring.
2004 - 2006 (2 years) JP Morgan Chase & Co. (New York, NY)
Associate Position in Equity Derivatives Quantitative Research.
Spring 2004 (6 months) BNP-Paribas (New York, NY)
Intern Position in Fixed Income Market Risk.
Spring 2002 (6 months) BNP-Paribas (London, UK)
Intern Position in Credit Derivatives Quantitative Research.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2018 - Expected Aug. 2021 Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel)
Ph. D. in Mathematics.
Advisor: Pr. Yoram Louzoun. Thesis: Mesoscale Stochastic Processes.
2002 - 2003 Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
M. Sc. in Quantitative and Computational Finance
An Interdisciplinary Program with the DuPree College of Management,
School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and School of Mathematics.
1999 - 2002 Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France)
Diplôme d’Ingénieur majoring in Applied Mathematics.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 - Present Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel)
Teacher Assistant in Calculus, Algebra, and Numerical methods.
2013 - 2017 (4 years) Synergie (Jerusalem, Israel)
Teacher in Mathematics for the Psychometric Test and private lessons.
2002 - 2003 (12 months) Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Teacher Assistant in Statistics and Probabilistic Models.
2000 - 2001 (12 months) Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France)
Oral examiner in Chemistry and Mathematics.
MILITARY SERVICE
1999 - 2000 (12 months) French Navy (Anti-Submarine Frégate Georges Leygues)
Ensign Officer in charge of 10 mechanics.
LANGUAGES, SKILLS, AND OTHER INTERESTS
Languages: French (native), English (bilingual), Hebrew (bilingual).
Programming: C++, Java, Python, Matlab, VBA, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, LaTeX.
Sports and Hobbies: Black belt of Judo, Sailing, Tennis, Yoga, Amateur of Golf.