Jose Menchero, Ph.D., CFA is an Executive Director in the research department at MSCI Barra, where he focuses on factor modeling and portfolio analytics. Prior to joining MSCI Barra, Jose was Head of Quantitative Research at Thomson Financial, where he worked extensively on performance attribution analysis and factor risk modeling. Jose has several publications in these areas, including two that received the Dietz Award in The Journal of Performance Measurement.

Prior to entering finance, Jose was a Professor of Physics at the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His area of research was the Quantum Theory of Solids, and he also has several publications in this field.

Jose serves on the Advisory Board of The Journal of Performance Measurement. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of California at Berkeley.