Sebastian Ceria and Alicia Zorrilla Ceria bought a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath condo at 92 Warren St. in Tribeca from Thomas Laffont for $3.4 million on Feb. 2.

The 2,845-square-foot Unit #6(5E) is in the 92 Warren St. development, which was built in 1920.

Dr. Ceria is the chief executive officer of Axioma Inc., a company that provides solutions to financial engineering problems, creating tools to help portfolio managers implement their investment strategies. He is one of the world's leading authorities on optimization.

He previously served as an associate professor of decision, risk and operations at Columbia Business School from 1993 to 1998. He also served as administrator for the Computational Optimization Research Center and as co-principal investigator in two National Science Foundation research projects.

Dr. Ceria received his Ph.D. in operations research from Carnegie Mellon University's Graduate School of Industrial Administration.

Mr. Laffont is an analyst at Coatue Management.

He previously worked with Creative Artists Agency and received his education from Yale University and Lycee Francais de New York.

The development at 92 Warren Street has 12 units and 13 stories.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 91 condo sales in Tribeca in the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $1,787,500.

Address: 92 Warren Street, Unit: 6(5E)
Buyer(s): Sebastian Ceria and Alicia Zorrilla Ceria
Seller(s): Thomas Laffont
Sale date: Feb. 2, 2010