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Bob Henderson
Bob Henderson
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Former Wall Street trader, quant, physicist, engineer, and photojournalist.
Now a writer trying to make sense of our complex world.
Bob Henderson is a freelance writer focused on topics in physics and finance.
Bob was previously a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York. His work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, New Scientist, Quanta, Nautilus, and other publications. Before switching to journalism, he spent 15 years on Wall Street, first as a quantitative analyst developing derivatives pricing models at J.P. Morgan, then as a trader of derivatives on oil and other commodities at Barclays Capital.
Bob has a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Rochester, an MFA in writing from Columbia University, degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Southern California, and in photojournalism from Syracuse University.