Eric So is a chaired Associate Professor with Tenure in the Economics, Finance, and Accounting Area of MIT's Sloan School of Management, serving as the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management.

His research interests include equity valuation, asset pricing, limits to arbitrage, and market microstructure with a focus on the forces and mechanisms that shape the information content of market prices. He holds an Masters in Economics from Cornell University and a PhD in Business Administration from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Prior to completing his PhD, So worked as a research analyst at the Nasdaq Stock Market in the Economic Research department. His research has been repeatedly covered in print and electronic media, including Wall Street Journal, Barrons, MarketWatch, Forbes, TheStreet.Com, Reuters, International Business Times, and New York Times.