Milena Petrova
Professor of Real Estate and Finance
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- Phone 315-443-9631
- Department Real Estate
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Dr. Petrova is a Professor of Real Estate & Finance at the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, where she has been a faculty member since 2006. She also serves as the Academic Director of the Real Estate Program.
Her areas of expertise are commercial real estate valuation, real estate asset pricing, portfolio management, and corporate finance, with a focus on corporate restructuring and corporate governance. Dr. Petrova’s scholarly work includes topics such as accounting transparency, the impact of regulation, sustainability performance, tax deferral strategies, real estate markets, real estate asset pricing, commercial real estate investments, and the operations and performance of publicly traded real estate companies. With more than 30 articles published in leading international journals—such as Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, European Financial Management, Journal of International Money and Finance, and Journal of Financial Research—Dr. Petrova has gained recognition for her contributions. She has also received several national and international awards for her research and teaching, along with multiple research grants.
Dr. Petrova holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Florida and master’s degrees in Business Administration from the Helsinki School of Economics and Finance from Hofstra University, NY. She has also completed post-graduate programs in Industrial Engineering at Helsinki University of Technology, Fintech at Oxford University, and Machine Learning at Columbia University, NY.
Beyond academia, Dr. Petrova is a recognized expert in real estate and corporate finance and has consulted for investment professionals across the USA, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East over the past 20 years.
Her areas of expertise are commercial real estate valuation, real estate asset pricing, portfolio management, and corporate finance, with a focus on corporate restructuring and corporate governance. Dr. Petrova’s scholarly work includes topics such as accounting transparency, the impact of regulation, sustainability performance, tax deferral strategies, real estate markets, real estate asset pricing, commercial real estate investments, and the operations and performance of publicly traded real estate companies. With more than 30 articles published in leading international journals—such as Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, European Financial Management, Journal of International Money and Finance, and Journal of Financial Research—Dr. Petrova has gained recognition for her contributions. She has also received several national and international awards for her research and teaching, along with multiple research grants.
Dr. Petrova holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Florida and master’s degrees in Business Administration from the Helsinki School of Economics and Finance from Hofstra University, NY. She has also completed post-graduate programs in Industrial Engineering at Helsinki University of Technology, Fintech at Oxford University, and Machine Learning at Columbia University, NY.
Beyond academia, Dr. Petrova is a recognized expert in real estate and corporate finance and has consulted for investment professionals across the USA, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East over the past 20 years.
Dr. Petrova currently teaches Real Estate Modeling, Real Estate Finance and Investments, Real Estate Principles, and Managerial Finance.
Professor Petrova's primary research interests are in the areas of commercial real estate pricing, real estate operations, real estate capital markets, and corporate governance.