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.
Qiwen YU
Tongji University, Research Fellow, China
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Governance, and Strategic Leadership
Dissertation
Essays on corporate social (ir)responsiblity, alliance formation and stock market reaction
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ilya CUYPERS, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Daniel MACK, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jun XIA, Organizations, Strategy and International Management, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
Ruijie ZHANG
ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China, from September 2023
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Behavioral Operations Management, Healthcare Operations, and Last-mile Operations.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zhichao Daniel ZHENG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Xin FANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor, Zhenzhen YAN, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU
Sheila Xi Rui WEE
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Multiracials, Kiasu (Fear of Losing Out), Self-construals
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jacinth TAN, SOSS, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Fiona LEE, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Sicheng YU
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Jing JIANG (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Wei GAO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Qianru SUN, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN, Nanyang Technological University
Theodore Charles MASTERS-WAAGE
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Dissertation
Social Attention in Realistic Work Environments
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Michael SCHAERER, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Malia MASON, Columbia University
Tian DENG Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Digitalization, SEC Enforcement, Financial Analyst, Executive Compensation
Dissertation
Regulating by new technology: The impacts of the SEC data analytics on the SEC investigations
Committee MembersProfessor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Professor Liandong ZHANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Sterling HUANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Trung Hoang LE
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor ZHENG Baihua, SCIS, SMU
Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lina YAO, Computer Science, University of New South Wales
Waldy JOE
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Dissertation
Reinforcement Learning Approach to Coordinate Real-World Multi-Agent Dynamic Routing and Scheduling
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hoong Chuin LAU (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Anh Tien MAI, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
Wee Qin NG
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
Healthy ageing, developmental psychology, executive functions, technology
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwajin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Professor Norman LI, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jacinth TAN, SOSS, SMU
Xuanbo LI
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Financial Institution, ESG, Social Media
Committee MembersDeputy Dean Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rencheng WANG, SOA, SMU
Yah Ling LIEW
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Strategic Decision-Making and Actions, Emerging Economies, International Business
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Ilya CUYPERS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Gui Deng SAY, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Alvaro CUERVO-CAZURRA, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Ying XIA Data Scientist Manager, American Express, Singapore
SMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Econometric Theories, Nonparametric Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Liangjun SU (Chair/Supervisor), Tsinghua University
Associate Professor Yichong ZHANG (Co-Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C. B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Xun LU, Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yiren WANG Institution/Company: College of Finance and Statistics, Hunan University
Designation held: Assistant Professor
Country: ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Econometrics, Panel Data Models, High-dimensional Econometrics
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yichong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Jia LI, SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C. B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Professor Liangjun SU, Economics, Tsinghua University
Zhihao WEN
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), Text Mining
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Yuan FANG (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Professor Bingsheng HE, School of Computing, NUS
Arambam James SINGH
Research Scientist
National University of SingaporeSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Research Interests
Reinforcement Learning, Probabilistic Inference, Mathematical Optimisation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Akshat KUMAR (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM, SCIS, SMU
Professor Hoong Chuin LAU, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Harold SOH
- National University of Singapore
Bo SANG
SMU PhD in Business, 2022
Research Interests
Empirical Asset Pricing, Cryptocurrencies, Market Microstructure, Machine Learning
Dissertation
Information Acquisition and Market Friction
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Joe Zhe ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Ekkehart BOEHMER, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Chi Shen WEI, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Tong LIN
- Fordham University
Bowen XU
Research Scientist
Singapore Management UniversitySMU PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Research Interests
Software Engineering, Empirical Software Engineering, Mining Software Repository
Committee MembersProfessor David LO (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Wei GAO, SCIS, SMU
Dr Xin XIA, Director of the Software Engineering Application Technology
- Huawei
Eugene Yi Cheong TUNG
SMU PhD in Business, 2022
Research Interests
Institutionalism, Status Hierarchy, Value-driven Organisations, Rationality and Logics, Social Evaluations, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Based View
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Toru YOSHIKAWA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Cyndi Man ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Daphne YIU
- The University of Oklahoma
Gede Artha Azriadi PRANA
Lead Data Scientist
Grab, SingaporeSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Research Interests
Empirical Study on Software Engineering, Automated Software Engineering
Committee MembersProfessor David LO (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Asankhaya SHARMA, Director of Engineering
- Veracode Singapore
Hung LE
Research Scientist
Salesforce, SingaporeSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Research Interests
Empirical Study on Software Engineering, Automated Software Engineering
Committee MembersProfessor Steven HOI (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Akshat KUMAR, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Mike Z. SHOU, NUS
Nancy F.CHEN, Senior Scientist,
- A*STAR Singapore
