Lionel MARTELLINI is the founding director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute, research director at the CFA Institute Research Foundation, and former director of the EDHEC Risk Institute. Before joining EDHEC, Professor MARTELLINI was a faculty member at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and held visiting positions at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He holds master’s degrees in management, economics, mathematics and statistics, as well as a PhD in finance from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. Outside his work in finance, he earned a PhD in Relativistic Astrophysics and published research on gravitational waves and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Professor Martellini is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Portfolio Management. His work related to investment solutions for individual and institutional investors has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals and has been featured in major European and global dailies such as The Economist, The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. He has also launched two digital specialization programs, one on Data Science for Investment Management and one on Climate Finance and Sustainable Investing. In parallel to his academic activities, Professor Martellini has been a consultant to large financial institutions and a co-founder of business ventures related to quantitative investment strategies.