His research interests are behavioral finance, agent-based modeling, relative value arbitrage strategies, and complexity in finance. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Chicago, a Master's in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Harvard University. He is also an award-winning journalist, a Policy Scholar for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, a Justice of the Peace, a columnist for the Fairfield County Weekly and LewRockwell.com, and the author of "Yankee Wake Up." He has also been a portfolio manager at Long-Term Capital Management, Ellington Management Group, and his own hedge fund, Maymin Capital Management.