Curriculum Vitae
Victor Zhorin
vzhorin at uchicago.edu
EDUCATION
Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia 1989
B.Sc. in Physics (Summa Cum Laude)
Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia 1993
Ph.D. in Solid-State Physics
Thesis Advisor: Professor Boris Malkin, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois 2009
Master of Business Administration with Honors
Concentrations in Analytic Finance, Economics, Econometrics, and Entrepreneurship
EXPERIENCE
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois 2001 – Present
Sr. Software Developer at Computation Institute (Enterprise Initiative)
Application of economic models with financial constraints, occupational choice, limited commitment and moral hazard for simulating emerging markets (Thailand, Mexico etc) as they move from subsistence agriculture to business enterprise, from informal credit and insurance to formal financial intermediaries, and from closed economies to open economies with capital inflows and trade. Estimation of macroeconomic consequences of formal banking and other financial services expansion at micro level for policy-making purposes. Constrained optimization, stochastic dynamic programming, non-convex competitive equilibrium problems with lotteries and heterogeneous agents.
Sr. Software Developer (NSIT)
Developed accounting and billing system for the Bursar’s Office
Associate Lead Programmer (Graduate School of Business)
Developed computational engine to resolve Multi-Object Auctions with LP/IP using LINDO (Linear, Interactive, Discrete Optimizer) in collaboration with Professor Linus Schrage
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ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Argonne, Illinois 1997 – 2000
Visiting Scientist, Chemical Sciences
Research on microscopic effects of radiation damage in nuclear waste forms using computational modeling and simulations
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KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Krasnodar, Russia 1995 – 1999
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Solid-state spectroscopy, development of IR tunable lasers and diode-pumped rare-earth lasers; lecturer for “Non-linear Optics”, “Group Theory in Solid State Physics”.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Programming: FORTRAN, C, C++, SQL, MPI, Swift, Python.
Packages: MATLAB, R, STATA, KNITRO, AMPL, CPLEX
AWARDS
2009: 3rd prize ($10,000) in 4th IB Trading Olympiad with 88% absolute return on $1,000,000 portfolio in 2-months of algorithmic trading using index funds, currencies, options and futures
2008: placing prize ($1,000) in 3rd Interactive Brokers (IB) Trading Olympiad with 30% absolute return
2007-2009: Chicago Booth School of Business, Dean’s Honor List
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Avanesov A. G., Zhorin V. V. ; Malkin B. Z. ; Pisarenko V. F., “Crystal field in heterodesmic compounds”. Soviet physics. Solid state, vol. 34, no9, pp. 1552-1556 (1992)
Avanesov, A. G., V.V. Zhorin, B.Z. Malkin, V.F. Pisarenko, “The crystal field in high-temperature superconductors”. Physics of the Solid State, Volume 36, Issue 6, 1994, pp.868-872 (1994)
Avanesov, A.G., V. V. Zhorin; V. F. Pisarenko, “Oscillating field model in the theory of optical spectra”. Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 2706, 1996.
Zhorin,V. V. and G. K. Liu, “Modelling crystal-field interaction for f-elements in LaCl3”. J. Alloys & Compounds 275/277, 137-141(1998).
Liu, G. K., V.V. Zhorin, “Structural and electronic correlation for paramagnetic ions in disordered solids”. American Physical Society, Annual March Meeting, 1998.
Liu, G. K., S. T. Li, V. V. Zhorin C. -K. Loong, M. M. Abraham, L. A. Boatner, “Crystal-field splitting, magnetic interaction, and vibronic excitations of 244Cm3+ in YPO4 and LuPO4”. J.Chem. Phys. 109, 6800-6808 (1998c)
Liu, G. K., V. V. Zhorin, M. R. Antonio, S. T. Ll, C. W. Williams, and L. Soderholm, “Studies of local structure of Cm3+ in borosilicate glass using laser and x-ray spectroscopic methods and computational modeling”. J.Chem. Phys. 112, 1489-1496 (2000a)
Liu, G. K., V. V. Zhorin, S. T. Li, and J. V. Beitz, “Crystal field analysis and Monte Carlo simulation of lattice disordering for Cm3+ in YPO4 and LuPO4 “. J. Chem. Phys.112, 373-382(2000b)
Victor Zhorin & Tiberiu Stef-Praun, "Grid-enabled estimation of structural economic models," MPRA Paper 11384, University Library of Munich, Germany, 2008