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Dr. Sofia Dermisi, is the Runstad Endowed Professor in Real Estate, Professor of Urban Design & Planning and the Chair of the Interdisciplinary Group for the MS in Real Estate at the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. Dr. Dermisi holds a degree in Planning & Regional Development Engineering (’98) from the University of Thessaly, Greece and Master and Doctoral degrees (’99 and ’02) from the Harvard Design School. She is also a certified LEED Green Associate.

Professor Dermisi’s education and experience are interdisciplinary, combining: design, planning, engineering, finance, economics, sustainability and real estate market analysis through research, teaching and on-going contributions to the commercial real estate industry. Understanding the evolution of office markets and the effect of internal and external shocks has been the core of her research. More than a decade her research agenda has focused on major downtown locations, with three areas of emphasis: sustainability, disasters (terrorism, life – safety issues) and market analysis.

She has earned many awards for excellence in her research with the most prestigious being the 2011 William Kinnard Young Scholar Award from the American Real Estate Society in recognition of her high quality research contributions to the real estate discipline achieved during the first 10 years of receiving her doctorate while under the age of 40. Other awards include six best manuscript awards and a best practice award from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)/International. Dr. Dermisi received external grants from the National Science Foundation, Real Estate Research Institute, Illinois Department of Transportation and BOMA/Chicago.

She published more than twenty papers in peer reviewed academic journals and presented her work in U.S. and international conferences. Dr. Dermisi’s research agenda has always focused on major downtown office markets. Two significant professional research activities included the BOMA/Chicago’s first Economic Impact Study (EIS) in 2006 and the second EIS released in 2013. The focus of these studies is the footprint and performance of the majority of Chicago’s downtown office properties. Dr. Dermisi also serves as an elected board member of the American Real Estate Society, editorial board member of the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, editor of the Data, Methods, and Technology section of the Journal of Real Estate Literature and a reviewer for multiple peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Sofia Dermisi, is the Runstad Endowed Professor in Real Estate, Professor of Urban Design & Planning and the Chair of the Interdisciplinary Group for the MS in Real Estate at the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. Dr. Dermisi holds a degree in Planning & Regional Development Engineering (’98) from the University of Thessaly, Greece and Master and Doctoral degrees (’99 and ’02) from the Harvard Design School. She is also a certified LEED Green Associate.

Professor Dermisi’s education and experience are interdisciplinary, combining: design, planning, engineering, finance, economics, sustainability and real estate market analysis through research, teaching and on-going contributions to the commercial real estate industry. Understanding the evolution of office markets and the effect of internal and external shocks has been the core of her research. More than a…

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