Hamed Ghoddusi

Hamed Ghoddusi is an Associate Professor at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). He is an applied theorist and structural modeller with expertise in energy/commodity markets, real estate, platforms, and risk/uncertainty. He holds a PhD from Vienna Graduate School of Finance, graduate degrees in Quantitative Economics (Institute for Advanced Studies) and Management Science/MBA (Sharif University of Technology), and a BS in Industrial Engineering (Sharif University of Technology). He was a visiting PhD student at UT Austin.

His research spans interdisciplinary topics at the intersection of finance, economics, and industrial systems, emphasizing quantitative modeling of market dynamics and risk frameworks.

With over 10 years of teaching experience, he instructs courses including Security Analysis and Investment Management (BUS431) and Fixed Income Markets and Securities (BUS439). Previous courses include Corporate Finance, Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Microeconomic Theory, and Quantitative-Finance Senior Thesis.

Prior to Cal Poly, he served as Assistant Professor of Finance at Stevens Institute of Technology (2013–2020), Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, and Consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).