N.R. Prabhala is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. His research interests are in corporate finance and option markets. Professor Prabhala has written on a range of topics in corporate finance, including econometric techniques and signaling models in event-studies, executive compensation, and IPOs. His work on options examines the efficiency of the index option market, and the effect of the 1987 stock market crash on the information content of option prices.

Professor Prabhala's work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. He serves as an associate editor of the Review of Financial Studies. He has a PhD in Finance from New York University.