Paul Cottrell

Dr. Paul Cottrell is a researcher in chaos theory and has interests in modeling financial markets. Some have considered him a polymath of sorts. Born in Detroit, Michigan he has extensive professional experience in engineering and design. After retiring from automotive engineering he pursued interests in corporate finance involving the publishing, retail, and non-profit industries. He currently is a proprietary trader specializing in currency and energy markets. In addition to modeling financial markets, his research interests are in developmental economics, behavioral finance, complexity science, energy industry, risk management, and the uses of artificial intelligence in trading financial markets. He has been awarded a Ph.D. specializing in finance from Walden University. He has also earned a M.B.A. and B.S. from Wayne State University. Engineering course certificates from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) through MITx have also been awarded to him. Dr. Cottrell is currently a Harvard University applicant pursuing an ALM specializing in Biology at HES and has completed the Pre-Medical program at Fordham University. He lives in New York, NY.
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