Summary
Jaesung Park is Head of Research at Nephila Capital with over a decade of applied experience bridging structural engineering, catastrophe risk modeling, and quantitative portfolio optimization for the re/insurance sector. He holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from UC Berkeley and began his career building catastrophe modeling expertise at AIR Worldwide, progressing from analysis engineer to senior principal engineer. Jaesung combines deep domain knowledge of natural hazard risk with hands-on software development for portfolio management and pricing, enabling data-driven risk transfer solutions. His work blends rigorous academic training with operational product delivery, often translating complex physical models into production-ready analytics. Based in North Carolina, he is known for turning advanced catastrophe science into practical, investable risk strategies.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Structural engineering, Ph.D. Structural engineering at University of California, Berkeley
M.Eng Civil Engineering, M.Eng Civil Engineering at Korea University