Omid Sabbaghi

Degrees

• B.A. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• B.A. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
• B.A. in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
• M.B.A., Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
• Ph.D. in Business, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Biography

Dr. Omid Sabbaghi is a Professor of Finance in the College of Business Administration at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he also serves as the Director of Graduate Business Programs. He received both his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, where he studied finance and econometrics. During his graduate studies, he was the recipient of an Oscar Mayer Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California-Berkeley, majoring in Economics, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics. 
 
Dr. Sabbaghi's areas of research include sustainable finance, business ethics,  and financial econometrics. He received the Standard & Poor's Best Paper Award in Investments for his work on asset pricing. Dr. Sabbaghi has also served as a Fulbright US Scholar.  
 
Outside of his research and teaching, Omid enjoys hiking and backpacking in the National Parks with family and friends.