Chen Zhao headshot.

Chen Zhao

Head of economics

Chen Zhao leads the economics team at Rocket, where she produces research on the housing market for public and internal audiences. Previously, she was an Executive Director leading housing finance and financial markets research at the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Prior to joining JPMCI, Chen was an Economics Consultant at Analysis Group, Inc., where she worked on financial litigation cases and led teams conducting health economics and outcomes research on behalf of pharmaceutical companies. While in graduate school, Chen was with the Center for Economic Studies and the Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division at the U.S. Census Bureau, where she conducted applied microeconomics research using large-scale restricted-access linked survey-administrative data.

Expertise

Mortgage
Personal Finance
Real Estate

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology