Bruno G. Kamdem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Management at the School of Business, SUNY Farmingdale. He is also the co-founder of Lepton Actuarial and Consulting, LLC, a minority-owned consulting startup.
His academic career includes serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Finance and Risk Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, where he developed and taught the inaugural course on “ESG Finance.” He has also taught “Corporate Finance and Financial Markets” and “Financial Software Laboratory – Python” at NYU.
Bruno previously served as a part-time lecturer in Mathematical Finance at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught “Commodity Markets and Green Energy Finance” as part of the Master’s in Mathematical Finance program within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Additionally, as a Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, he taught the graduate-level course “Decision Making under Uncertainty” in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management.
His research focuses on Explainable AI (XAI), advanced neural networks, and stochastic differential game theory for optimal and sustainable supply chain management. He also explores reinforcement learning, sustainable finance, carbon derivatives, and ESG risk analysis.
Bruno holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from The George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics, and a B.S. in Mathematics (Pi Mu Epsilon) & Economics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
He has authored and published notable research articles and has presented at esteemed conferences, as highlighted on his website: https://www.farmingdale.edu/faculty/?fid=111016
Published Papers
- Chen, R.-R., Finnerty, J.D., & Kamdem, B.G. (2021). C.D.S.-Implied Risk of U.S. Delinquency: Implications for the U.S. Debt Ceiling. Journal of Fixed Income, 31(1): 6-26. https://www.pm-research.com/content/iijfixinc/31/1/6
- Shittu, E., Kamdem, B.G., & Weigelt, C. (2019). Heterogeneities in Energy Technological Learning: Evidence from the U.S. Electricity Industry. Energy Policy, 132: 1034-1049. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421519304227?via%3Dihub
- Kamdem, B.G., & Shittu, E. (2017). Optimal Commitment Strategies for DGS Under Regulation and Multiple Uncertainties, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032116311157?via%3Dihub
Working Papers
- Pemy, M., Kamdem, B.G., & Geman, H. (2023). Carbon Pricing under Competition and Regulation in the Extraction Industry (PDF), Journal of Finance, submitted.
- Dash, G.H., Kajiji, N., & Kamdem, B.G. (2023). Fortifying BRICS Sustainability Analytics: A Framework for the Delineation of Pervasive and Dynamic South African ESG Investment Factors, ongoing.
- Pemy, M., & Kamdem, B.G. (2023). A Reinforcement Learning Mechanism for Trading Wind Power Futures, ongoing.
- Consolandi, C., Hawley, J., Uribe, P.W., Stewart, L., Kuh, T., Marcelle, G.M., Whelan, T., Daschbach, B., Contractor, S., Bhattacharya, B., Kamdem, B.G., Maksimovich, E., Dool, G., Lenton, T., Oliver, J., Bonelli, A., Coqueret, G., Ievlev, S., Mettenheim, H., Joubrel, M., Bailer, H., Erlansson, U., Chan, A., Dichtl, H., Drobetz, W., Lohre, H., Rother, C., & Schmidt, A. (2024). (Handbook), “General Problems in Sustainable Investing, Addressing Climate Change, Sustainable Investing Strategies”, ESG Investing: Problems & Solutions, World Scientific, edited by A. Schmidt, ongoing.
Selected Presentations
- 2023 Global Development Finance Conference, “Fortifying BRICS Sustainability Analytics: A Framework for the Delineation of Pervasive and Dynamic South African ESG Investment Factors”, Cape Town, South Africa, November 21 – 22
- July 13, 2023, The 23rd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, “Carbon Pricing under Competition and Regulation in the Extraction Industry”, IFORS, ICHIO, and the Complex Engineering Systems Institute, Santiago, Chile, July 10 – 14
- June 1, 2023, 2023 Industry Studies Association Annual Conference, “A Reinforcement Learning Mechanism for Trading Wind Power Futures”, Mining, Resource Allocation and Wind Resources Session, Columbus, Ohio, May 31 – June 2
- December 1, 2022, Peter Carr Brooklyn Quant Experience (BQE) Seminar Series (New York University), “A Reinforcement Learning Mechanism for Trading Wind Power Futures”, Department of Finance and Risk Engineering, New York
- September 27, 2022, Bloomberg Quant (BBQ) Seminar Series - Lightning Talk (Bloomberg LP Quantitative Research), “Tradable Carbon Permits Auctions”, New York
- September 21, 2022. Fields Institute (University of Toronto), “Carbon Pricing under Competition and Regulation in the Extraction Industry” (joint with Professor Helyette Geman), Workshop on Impacts of Climate Change on Economics, Finance, and Insurance, Canada, September 19 – 23
- June 2 - June 4, 2022, The Peter Carr Memorial Conference, Society of Quantitative Analysts “Carbon Pricing under Competition and Regulation in the Extraction Industry”,