CV | Marina Georgiou

PhD Candidate in Financial Engineering

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Education

Stevens Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Financial Engineering (GPA 4.0)

2023–Present

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Research in stochastic control, decentralized finance, and liquidity provision in automated market makers.

Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance

Visiting Ph.D. Student

Sep.–Dec. 2025

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Athens University of Economics and Business

M.Sc. in Quantitative Management of Actuarial and Financial Risk (GPA: 9.71/10)

2021–2023

Athens, Greece

  • Graduated with honors (Rank: 1st of my class)

Athens University of Economics and Business

B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance

2016–2021

Athens, Greece

Aarhus Summer University

Summer coursework (Remote)

Jul.-Aug. 2020

Aarhus, Denmark

  • Financial Decision Making: A Simulation Approach
  • Money and Banking

Teaching Experience

Stevens Institute of Technology

Instructor in Financial Times Series Course

Spring 2026

Hoboken, New Jersey

Instructor for recitation sessions in Financial Time Series Analysis class.

Stevens Institute of Technology

Teaching Assistant

2023–2025

Hoboken, New Jersey

  • Pricing and Hedging
  • Computational Methods in Finance
  • Quantitative Hedge Fund Strategies
  • Probability Theory for Financial Engineering
  • Algorithmic Trading Strategies

Athens University of Economics and Business

Teaching Assistant, Finance Lab

2022–2023

Athens, Greece

  • Taught laboratory sections for Fixed Income Securities.
  • Assisted with the development of the e-learning course Financial Applications with Python.

Private Tutor

Undergraduate and high-school students

2021–2023

Athens, Greece

  • Introductory Econometrics
  • Financial Derivatives
  • Financial Mathematics
  • High-school Mathematics

Academic Service

Doctoral Student Peer Mentor

Stevens Institute of Technology

2024–Present

Support incoming Ph.D. students during their transition to Stevens.

Doctoral Student Advisory Board

Stevens Institute of Technology

2024–2025

Provided feedback concerning the needs and experiences of doctoral students.

Business Doctoral Students Association (BDSA)

Served as the President of the BDSA.

2023-2024

Honors & Awards

Beta Gamma Sigma

Membership recognizing high scholastic achievement

2020–2021

Volunteering

METAdrasi

Volunteer Teacher

2020–2021

Athens, Greece

Provided remedial Mathematics and Physics instruction to immigrant high-school students.

Technical Skills

Programming

Python, R, MATLAB

Research Areas

Stochastic control, mathematical finance, decentralized finance, numerical methods, portfolio optimization

Languages

Greek

Native

English

Fluent

German

Intermediate