Honor Society® member
Muchang Bahng
Trading Intern at Akuna Capital
- mathematics
- Class of 2025
- Durham, North Carolina
Member since August 2024
About
Nice to meet you! I'm an undergraduate student passionate about solving problems at the intersection of mathematics, business, and emerging technologies. I was born in Seoul but followed my family to California in 1st grade, staying there for 7 years before returning to Korea and graduating Korea International School in 2019. I go to Duke University and finished my first year there before the coronavirus hit, where I have then taken a leave of absence to complete my military service in Korea. I returned back to Duke in January 2023, and I plan to graduate Duke in 2025.
Education
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Duke University
Mathematics and Computer Science
2019 – 2025
Honors and awards
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William Lowell Putnam Math Competition, Top 300
An annual, 6-hour math test given to university students known for being notoriously difficult with an average score of 2 out of 120.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
My professional aspirations are focused on innovation and emerging technologies. My primary goal is to build and lead a startup, using my entrepreneurial passion for disruptive solutions. Alternatively, I'm drawn to being an early contributor in cutting-edge research fields such as quantum computing, where I can help shape the future of technology. I'm also open to roles in established tech sectors, particularly in data science or software engineering, where I can apply my technical skills to solve complex problems and drive technological advancement.
- Graduate school interests
I may likely go to graduate school to pursue a stronger foundation of my technical knowledge. This will most likely depend on the financial aid I receive from my postgraduate programs.
- Outside the classroom
Aikido, Classical Guitar, Arm wrestling
Experience
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Trading Intern
Akuna Capital
May 2024 – Jul 2024
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Research Assistant
Duke Interpretable Machine Learning Lab
Dec 2023 – Jul 2024
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Data Science Research Assistant
Duke Data+ Research Program with NetApp
Apr 2023 – Jul 2023
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Student Research
Duke Particle Physics Research Group
Feb 2023 – Dec 2023
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Research Assistant
Duke Intelligent Internet-of-Thing Lab
Dec 2022 – May 2024
Volunteering
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Founded and led the first volunteer program in my high school and expanded it by partnering with more organizations to found the service department, consisting of 20+ clubs and 300+ student volunteers by the time I graduated.
Suji Orphanage
Nov 2016 – May 2019
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- Korean Intermediate
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