Professor Alex Lipton
Global Head – Quantitative Research & Development at ADIA, Visiting Professor and Dean’s Fellow at HUJI’s School of Business Administration, Professor of Practice at KU’s Department of Mathematics, and Connection Science Fellow at MIT’s Media Lab.
Professor Alex Lipton joined ADIA in 2021 in the position of Global Head - Quantitative Research & Development in the Strategy & Planning Department. In addition to his role at ADIA, Professor Lipton is Co-Founder of Sila, Visiting Professor and Dean’s Fellow at HUJI, and Connection Science Fellow at MIT. He is also an advisor to several fintech companies worldwide.
Previously, Professor Lipton was Co-Head of the Global Quantitative Group at Bank of America. Prior to this position, he was a senior manager at Citadel, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, and Bankers Trust. In parallel, he held visiting professorships at EPFL, NYU, Oxford, and Imperial College. Before becoming a banker, Professor Lipton was a Full Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois and a Consultant at Los Alamos.
In 2000, Professor Lipton received the Inaugural Quant of the Year Award, and in 2021 the Buy-side Quant of the Year Award by Risk Magazine. He authored/edited 11 books and more than a hundred scientific papers on topics stretching from thermonuclear fusion and astrophysics to monetary circuits. Professor Lipton is an Associate Editor of several journals and a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences.