Karan Bhanot

Karan Bhanot is the Quincy Lee Chair in Real Estate and Finance, and Department Chair in the Finance Department at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Iowa and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His academic career includes teaching positions at New York University's Stern School of Business, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Iowa. Prior to academia, he worked as a fixed income trader and manager at Standard Chartered Bank in Bombay.

Research interests focus on fixed income markets, corporate finance dynamics, and the interplay of debt covenants with credit risk and capital structure optimization. His work has been published in top-tier journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Business, Journal of Empirical Finance, and Journal of Banking and Finance.

No specific articles, grants, or awards are detailed in the provided text. His professional trajectory reflects a blend of academic leadership and practical financial sector experience.