Research Experience

Quantitative Researcher Intern

April 2026 – TBD

Moreton Capital PartnersMexico City, México

Incoming intern focusing on systematic commodity strategies and multi-horizon signal blending. Developing regime-aware portfolio optimization frameworks and risk-parity allocation models.

Portfolio OptimizationSignal BlendingRisk-Parity

Research Software Developer

Feb 2025 – May 2025

Instituto Via DiseñoQuerétaro, México

Engineered a constraint satisfaction scheduling algorithm for a campus of 150+ active users. Optimized PostgreSQL indexing strategies, reducing query latency by 40% during complex constraint evaluations. Integrated results into a real-time React visualization platform.

PostgreSQLCSP AlgorithmsReact

Selected Research & Projects

Hybrid Asset Pricing: LLM Sentiment & MLP Noise Reduction

Dec 2025 – Present

Working Paper

A comparative study challenging static lexicon-based models (VADER) in high-volatility markets. The proposed architecture utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to extract context-aware sentiment, coupled with a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) to filter stochastic noise. The hypothesis focuses on isolating high-fidelity alpha signals that traditional linear regression models miss.

Sharpe Ratio

Computing...

Waiting for valid backtest

P-Value

< 0.05

Target Significance

Overfitting

0%

Strictly Enforced

Alpha

Seeking...

The eternal pursuit

PythonPyTorchLLMsHypothesis Testing

Hierarchical Commodity Portfolio Construction

Mar 2026

Developed a two-stage backtesting engine for 10 commodity sectors over 162 weekly periods using SLSQP min-variance optimization, achieving max 7.7% annual volatility. Enforced KKT optimality for stable weight constraints and mplemented Ledoit-Wolf covariance shrinkage and a Stage A signal blending / Stage B cross-sector allocation pipeline that reduced Max Drawdown by 15%.

Adj. Sharpe

4.02

Lo (2002)

Calmar Ratio

2.1

Ann. Volatility

≤ 7.7%

Max

Ann. Turnover

83%

PythonSLSQPLedoit-WolfPortfolio OptimizationBacktesting

AquaHub: Predictive Drought Modeling & Crowdsourcing

Feb 2026

Originally designed as a predictive ML model for drought patterns in CDMX using hydrological data. Pivoted to a crowdsourced reporting system to bridge data gaps. Designed the data ingestion pipeline to validate user reports against historical meteorological norms.

Accuracy

70% – 85%

5-Day Horizon

Inference

< 500ms

Features

14 indicators

Source

OpenWeather + Crowdsourced

Systemic Risk ModelingData PipelinesCrowdsourcing

Bloomly: Multi-Spectral Satellite Data Analysis

Oct 2025

Engineered a LightGBM-based predictive model leveraging multi-spectral satellite imagery (GEE) and NASA POWER meteorological data. Conducted rigorous dimensionality reduction across 44 distinct ecological indicators to classify global algal bloom patterns with high precision (AUC/F1 validation).

ROC-AUC

0.72–0.85

F1 Score

0.70–0.82

Features

44 indicators

Source

GEE + NASA POWER

PythonLightGBMRemote Sensing (GEE)

Multi-Agent Simulation

Aug 2025 – Sep 2025

Simulated autonomous agent behavior using Python (Mesa) and Unity to analyze strategic decision-making dynamics. Designed reward-based optimization functions within constrained state spaces, applying Monte Carlo sampling to identify emergent Nash equilibrium patterns.

PythonMesaMonte Carlo SimulationGame Theory