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Soon Hyeok Choi is an Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D., MA, and MPS from Cornell University, and a BA from Bowdoin College. His research focuses on real estate finance, AI/ML applications, asset pricing dynamics, housing affordability, credit risk, and climate risk modeling. Current projects include neural network frameworks for detecting asset price bubbles, winner's curse effects in housing markets, and pricing co-tenancy clauses in retail contracts. He has received awards such as the Best Practitioner Research Award (2023) and the Innovative Thinking Award (2024).
Professor Choi teaches courses in financial economics, personal finance, and hospitality asset management. His work bridges theoretical finance with practical real estate challenges, including climate risk's impact on real estate valuations and mortgage lending disparities. Collaborations with scholars like Robert Jarrow and Patrick Smith highlight his interdisciplinary approach to financial markets and real estate dynamics.
Award-winning research includes analyzing federal lease terminations' impact on CMBS bonds and modeling network effects on real estate agent career trajectories. His lab integrates machine learning tools to uncover patterns in housing markets and financial systems, contributing to both academic and practitioner understanding of emerging risks and opportunities.
