Martina Torcè

Student at Imperial College London

A full, detailed professional history.
A resume (concise summary of my skills, experience, and education) is available upon request.

Professional Profile

An enterprising student looking to translate a blend of analytical and interpersonal skills acquired in a technical Engineering degree into using technology to solve business problems within the financial sector.

Education

Imperial College London London, UK
MEng, Molecular Bioengineering Oct '20 – Jun '24

  • Grade: First Class Honours
  • Python Programming, Image Processing, Mathematics and Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Biomaterials and Biomimetics, Medical and Biochemical Science, Molecules and Energetics

St. George’s British International School Rome, IT
Diploma, International Baccalaureate Oct '18 – Jun '20

  • Grade: 44/45 (top <1%)
  • Higher Level Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology
International GCSEs Oct '17 - Jun '18

  • Grade: 7A*A
  • Including Mathematics & English Language (A*). Results achieved in one year of study instead of two.

Experience

The Institute of Cancer Research London, UK
Machine Learning Research Internship Jun – Aug '22

  • Developed a deep learning model using a U-Net architecture to segment the skeleton in Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI images. Libraries and frameworks used: SimpleITK, PyTorch and MONAI.
  • Acceptance of research abstract to International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Optiver Amsterdam, NL
Spring Internship, Technology Division Apr '22

  • Implemented an algorithm to trade a dual-listed security using an arbitrage strategy while simultaneously improving market liquidity.
  • Received in-depth training from industry leaders in market-making and systems infrastructures.

Extra-Curricular

Millie Group Remote
Academic Mentor Jan '24 – Present

  • Tutoring IB, A-level, and AP students from International Schools in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Manning's Tutors Ltd. London, UK
Academic Tutor Oct '22 – Jan '24

  • Tutoring GCSE and A-Level students in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Imperial College Investment Society London, UK
Senior Analyst, Systematic Division Oct '22 – Jun '23

  • Led a team of 10+ to submit weekly pitches and contribute to management of £7000+ portfolio.
  • Posted weekly market and sector summaries based on macro- and micro-economic trends.

Imperial Blockchain Group London, UK
Data Analyst Oct '22 - Jun '22

  • Conducted blockchain data analysis using SQL and data visualization with Python.

Covalent Remote
Bootcamp, Data Alchemist Oct '22 - Nov '22

  • Completed industry-level training in Blockchain Data Analytics using SQL.

Bloomberg LP Remote
Bloomberg Market Concepts Course Aug '22

  • Completed financial markets course: Economic Indicators, Currencies, Fixed Income, Equities.
  • Excelled in additional module Equity Options (81%) including a successful trading simulation.

Imperial College Investment Society London, UK
Systematic Trading Education Certificate Apr – Jun '22

  • Topped the cohort (300+ Imperial College students all years) with a grade of 95%.
  • Developed a moving average crossover strategy using Kaufman’s Adaptive Moving Average indicator.

Imperial College Data Science Society London, UK
Corporate Relations Officer Aug '22 – Aug '23

  • Managed long-term partnerships of Imperial College’s biggest society in '22 (1000+ members).
  • Worked with companies such as Jane Street, J.P. Morgan, Facebook, Expedia, BCG, NHS, and more.

University College London London, UK
Participant, Climate Hack.AI Feb - May '22

  • Developing a satellite imagery prediction algorithm for use in solar photovoltaic output forecasting, aiming to minimize the use of standby gas turbines. Using TensorFlow, ConvLSTM, and MSE loss.

Imperial College London London, UK
Participant, IC Hack Feb '22

  • Built a bot on Cisco’s platform WebEx for event planning written in node.js, using WebEx bot SDK.
  • Provides API server for registering to, creating, and listing events, written in Python using Flask.

Imperial Bioscience Review London, UK
Contributing Writer and Illustrator May '21 – May '22

  • Writing monthly articles in the fields of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology.
  • Part of the Design Team, creating digital illustrations for the articles.

Imperial College Consultancy Society London, UK
Vice President, Corporate Functions Jun '21 – Jun '22

  • Managing communications and analytics between sponsors and 900+ society members.
  • Worked with companies such as Accenture, Oliver Wyman, Oxbow Partners, High Bridge Academy.

Imperial Entrepreneurs Society London, UK
Marketing Officer Oct '21 – Jun '22

  • Promoting events from top Tech, FinTech companies to Imperial College students.
  • Worked with companies such as PolyAI, Gingko Bioworks, 11:FS, OakNorth Bank.

Imperial College WomeninBusiness Society London, UK
Internal/Alumni Manager Oct '21 – Mar '22

  • Managing communications between 800+ society members.
  • Worked with companies such as Lazard, EY-Parthenon, Deutsche Bank, Strategy&.

The Radius London, UK
Contributing Writer May '21 – Oct '21

  • Writing monthly articles in the fields of Business & Economics.

Imperial College Student Union London, UK
Academic Representative Oct '20 – June '21

  • Elected to represent the student cohort within the Department of Bioengineering.
  • Increased cohort satisfaction of 21% according to two anonymous surveys after one school year.

KPMG Remote
Virtual Work Experience, Data Analytics Feb '22

  • Performed data quality assessments, customer data analysis and segmentation, presented research using Microsoft Excel and Power BI.

J.P. Morgan Chase Remote
Virtual Work Experience, Software Engineering Jun '20

  • Developed a client-side application to visualise the ratio of two stocks’ prices against a historical correlation to conduct a pairs trading strategy. Conducted unit testing.

Skills

Languages:

English, Italian (Native/Bilingual)
Spanish, French (Limited Proficiency)

Tech Languages:

Python, HTML, CSS, JS, SQL, R (Advanced)
Ruby, C++, MATLAB (Intermediate)

Python Libraries:

NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras

Web Frameworks & Runtime Environments:

Node.js, Express.js, Vue.js, Flask, Ruby on Rails

Tools:

Git, GitHub, Visual Studio Code, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint (Advanced)
Microsoft Power BI, Tableau (Intermediate)