Charles Plager

Charles Plager serves as a Senior Quantitative Developer at Walleye Capital since August 2023, previously holding the same title at Ellington Management Group from September 2015 to August 2023, where responsibilities included developing automated and hybrid trading systems using C#, Python, and C++. Prior roles include Associate at AQR Capital Management, focusing on intraday research, and Quantitative Research Analyst at Graham Capital Management, specializing in systematic execution of futures and FX contracts. Charles Plager's early career involved significant contributions to high-energy physics as a Staff Physicist/Guest Scientist at UCLA/FNAL and as a Physicist at CERN, while also working on the CDF Experiment at the University of California, Los Angeles as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Charles Plager's academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Physics, a Master's degree in Physics, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology, all from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.