Joe Gyourko is the Martin Bucksbaum Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Business Economics & Public Policy and the Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center. His research includes real estate finance and investments, urban economics, and housing and land markets in the U.S. and China. A Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Professor Gyourko has served on the board of directors of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and been a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. He provides advice to various real estate investment firms.