Adam Parker is the US Equity Strategist and Director of Quantitative Research at Morgan Stanley. He has been named to Institutional Investor's All-America Team multiple times in both portfolio strategy and quantitative research, most recently in 2012. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Adam was the Chief Equity Strategist and Director of. Quantitative Research at Sanford C. Bernstein. During his more than 11 years at Bernstein, he was also Global Director of Research and a semiconductor analyst ranked #1 by Institutional Investor. Adam was previously a financial analyst at American Express and a management consultant focused on the financial sector. He received a BS in statistics from the University of Michigan, an MS in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina, and a PhD in statistics from Boston University.