SMU’s first PhD programme was launched in 2006 and we had our first graduate in 2011. Till-date, we have over 200 academic research PhD graduates who have secured good placements at prestigious international academic institutions and industry organisations.
Our graduates have successfully found placements as faculty members and academic researchers (in universities and the industry) around the world. Several academic institutions our graduates have joined include Bocconi University, Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Peking University and Tilburg University. Several industry organisations where our graduates have been appointed to include A*STAR (Singapore), DSO National Laboratories (Singapore), Google Switzerland GmbH and Twitter, Inc. (USA). Our graduates have indeed been successful in advancing their careers. You can view details of SMU’s PhD graduates’ placements.
Amanda AW YONG Zhi Xin
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Voluntary Disclosure
Dissertation
The Role of Disclosure in DeFi Markets
Committee MembersProfessor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Holly YANG, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Richard CROWLEY, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Ce ZHANG
Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University, USA
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Graph Representation Learning, Graph Neural Networks, Text Mining
Dissertation
Document graph representation learning
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Professor Baihua ZHENG, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jiliang TANG, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Michigan State University
CHIA Chong Cher
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Large Language Models
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Daniel LIN, SCIS, SMU
Professor Gillian DOBBIE, University of Auckland
Fan ZHENG
SMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
International Economics, the Chinese Economy
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Pao-Li CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan MEI, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Lin MA, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Guiying Laura WU, NTU
Hanyu ZHANG
Nankai University, Assistant Professor, China, September 2023.
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Empirical Corporate Finance; Culture and Finance; Sustainable Finance; Chinese Economy.
Dissertation
Essays on stakeholder economy
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Peter JOOS, Accounting and Control, INSEAD
Hong Jin KANG
UCLA, Postdoctoral Scholar, USA, January 2023
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Software Engineering and Specification Mining
Dissertation
Fortifying the seams of software systems
Committee MembersProfessor David LO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW, SCIS, SMU
Professor Ming LI, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University
Hong Quang PHAM
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Dissertation
Continual Learning with Neural Networks
Committee MembersProfessor Steven HOI (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Akshat KUMAR, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Kun ZHANG, Carnegie Mellon University
Huiyu HE
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Disclosure, Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting Quality, Real Investment, Insider Trading
Committee MembersProfessor Xia CHEN (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU
Professor Liandong ZHANG, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Gloria YU, LKCSB, SMU
Jiajing LING
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Neuro-symbolic AI
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Akshat KUMAR (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Anh Tien MAI, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, Management Science & Information Systems, Rutgers University
Jiawen MA
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Social Networks, Status, Organizational Learning
Committee MembersProfessor Gokhan ERTUG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Cyndi Man ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ilya CUYPERS, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Daphne YIU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Matthew MOUNT, University of Adelaide
Jingfeng YANG
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Operations Research, Machine Learning, Data-driven Optimization
Committee MembersProfessor Hoong Chuin LAU (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hai WANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Yingqian ZHANG, Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology
Kheng Tat Marcus TAN
SMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Search and Matching Theory, and Monetary Economics
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Nicolas Laurent JACQUET (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Ismail BAYDUR, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Jianhuan XU, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Serene TAN, Department of Economics, NUS
Kwok Cheng Bryan CHOY
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
Evolutionary Psychology, Social Cynicism, Sex Differences, Mate Preferences.
Committee MembersProfessor Norman LI (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kimin EOM, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kenneth Yu-Yang TAN, SOSS, SMU
Professor Mark van Vugt, Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Liling LU
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Innovative business models in capacity management and online platforms, Content generation.
Dissertation
Essays on new business models in operations
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Xin FANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Yini GAO, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Guiyun FENG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Onur BOYABATLI, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Burak KAZAZ, Syracuse University
Lynn Kai Lin TAN
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
My research interests lies in understading the adaptive root and functions of modern-day human psychology. Specifically, I focus on how our ecology/ environmental conditions influence societal interactions, consumer preferences and well-being.
Dissertation
Is this Behaviour Impressive or Repulsive? The Influence of Our Ecology on Our Social Evaluations
Committee MembersProfessor Norman LI (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jacinth TAN, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kenneth Yu-Yang TAN, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Oliver SNG, University of California, Irvine
Meng Kiat Gary ANG
Monetary Authority of Singapore
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Graph Learning, Time-Series Modeling, Applications of Deep Learning in Finance and Design
Dissertation
Learning dynamic multimodal networks
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Feida ZHU, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Qianru SUN, SCIS, SMU
Ghim Eng YAP, Data Engineering, Government Technology Agency of Singapore
Meng LIU Institution/Company: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Designation: Assistant Professor
Country: China
SMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Development Economics, Economics of Culture, Economic History
Dissertation
Essays on culture, institutions, and development
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Tomoki FUJII (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Madhav Shrihari ANEY, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Fali HUANG, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Gedeon LIM, Economics, University of Hong Kong
Mengyu JI
SMU PhD in Information Systems, 2023
Research Interests
Urban Mobility & Smart Commuting, Driver Decision-making, Strategic Recommendations for Drivers.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Anh Tien MAI, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, Management Science & Information Systems, Rutgers University
Na ZHAO
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Cultural tightness, Creativity, Socioeconomic Status, Gender
Dissertation
The interactive effects of societal and organizational cultural tightness on employee work related outcomes
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Devasheesh BHAVE, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Kenneth TAI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zou XI, Nanyang Business School, NTU
Pei Chi LO
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Knowledge Graph-Based Information Retrieval, User Profiling, Computational Linguistics
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan FANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU
