- Graduate Field Affiliation
- Operations Research and Information Engineering
Biography
Victoria Averbukh is a Professor of Practice in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University and the Director of Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan (CFEM). As Director, she designs and leads programs that provide practitioner-led education in quantitative finance for ORIE’s Master of Engineering students, while cultivating strong connections among students, alumni, and industry leaders. She also plays a central role in curating forums for professional exchange and idea sharing, most notably CFEM’s annual Future of Finance conference held each September.
In addition to her leadership responsibilities, Victoria teaches several courses. Bond Math and Mortgage-Backed Securities, a class grounded in her Wall Street experience; and the Financial Engineering Colloquium, which brings industry professionals into the classroom to expose students to cutting-edge developments in finance.
Before joining Cornell, Victoria worked in Fixed Income Research at Salomon Brothers (now Citi) as a strategist covering U.S. Treasury futures and Mortgage-Backed Securities. She later joined Deutsche Bank, where she became Head of Structured Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Research.
Victoria received her B.A. in Mathematics from New York University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University.