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.
Ji FENG
Assistant Professor
Wuhan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
Econometrics
Dissertation
Three Essays on Panel and Factor Models
Committee Members
Professor Liangjun SU (Chair/Supervisor)
- Tsinghua University
Associate Professor Jun TU (Co-chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Sainan JIN, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yichong ZHANG, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Feng QU
- Nanyang Technological University
Jia Hui LIM
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Baptist UniversitySMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Inclusion and Diversity, Inequality, Socioeconomic Mobility, Psychological Interventions
Dissertation
The Many Faces of Class Ceiling: Its Manifestation at Different Career Stages and Ways to Overcome It
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Marko PITESA (Chair/Supervisor) LKCSB, SMU
Professor Gokhan ERTUG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Roy CHUA, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Madan PILLUTLA
- London Business School
Jiayun XU
Jiayun XU, PhD in Computer Science Graduate, 2021, SMU
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2021
Research Interests
Mobile Security, Android Malware Detection
Committee MembersProfessor Robert Huijie DENG (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Debin GAO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Xuhua DING, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jianying ZHOU
-Singapore University of Technology and Design
Ripple Professor Yingjiu LI (Co-supervisor)
- Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon
Kefang YAO
Assistant Professor
Hunan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
International Trade
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Pao-Li CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan MEI, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Amanda JAKOBSSON, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Lin MA
- National University of Singapore
Associate Professor Feng QU
- Nanyang Technological University
Nadhilla Velda MELIA
Lecturer
James Cook University, SingaporeSMU PhD in Psychology, 2021
Research Interests
Emotions, Conflict Management, Social Psychology, Decision Making
Committee Members
Associate Professor Ming-Hong TSAI (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV, SOSS, SMU Assistant Professor Michael GENKIN, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Michael SCHAERER, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Andree HARTANTO, SOSS, SMU
Nicholas Teck Boon YEO
SMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Humanitarian Operations, Healthcare Operations
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Yini GAO (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Onur BOYABATLI, LKCSB, SMU
Niyazi TANERI, Senior Lecturer
- Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Peng WANG
Research Fellow
National University of SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Flexible Resource Allocation, Workforce Management in Production and Services, Stochastic Modeling, Robust Optimisation, Data Analytics, Machine Learning
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Yini GAO, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zhichao Daniel ZHENG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Melvyn SIM
- National University of Singapore
Peng Yam KOH
Consultant
The Lantau Group, SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Quantitative Marketing, Big Data, Consumer Search, Intermediation, New Empirical Industrial Organisation, Discrete Choice Methods
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Ernst Christiaan OSINGA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Sandeep R. CHANDUKALA, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Kapil TULI, LKCSB, SMUProfessor Bart BRONNENBERG
- Tilburg University
Qian LUO
SMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Healthcare Analytics, Sustainable Operations, Socially Responsible Operations
Dissertation
Essays on Management of Scarce Resources
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Onur BOYABATLI (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Buket AVCI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zhichao Daniel ZHENG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rowan WANG,
- Southern University of Science and Technology
Senior Lecturer Niyazi TANERI
- Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Qiugu HE
Assistant Professor
Nankai University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, International Trade, Industrial Organisation
Dissertation
Two Essays on Innovation and Growth in China
Committee Members
Assistant Professor Jianhuan XU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Pao-Li CHANG, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan MEI, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Bo ZHAO
- Peking University
Renjing CHEN
Assistant Professor
Wuhan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
International Trade
Dissertation
Three Essays on International Trade
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Pao-Li CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan MEI, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Amanda JAKOBSSON, SOE, SMU
Professor Pushan DUTT
- INSEAD, Singapore
Rohan RAY
Research Fellow
NUS Global Institute, SingaporeSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
Development Economics, Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Committee Members
Associate Professor Tomoki FUJII (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Christine HO, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Seonghoon KIM, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Abu S. SHONCHOY
- Florida International University
Wei Xing TOH
Post Doctoral Fellow
Stanford University, USASMU PhD in Psychology, 2021
Research Interests
Executive Function, Emotion Regulation, Well-being, Ageing
Dissertation
To Switch or Not to Switch: Individual Differences in Executive Function and Emotion Regulation Flexibility
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwajin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Norman LI, SOSS, SMU
Professor Giyeon KIM, Department of Psychology
- Chung-Ang University
Xueying BIAN
Lecturer
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, FinTech, Energy Economics
Dissertation
Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing
Committee MembersProfessor Jun YU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Jun TU, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Daniel PREVE, SOE, SMUAssistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Yajie ZHANG
Adjunct Faculty
Singapore Management UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
Financial Econometrics, Econometric Theory
Committee Members
Professor Jun YU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C.B. PHILLIPS (Co-chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yichong ZHANG, SOE, SMU Professor Shuping SHI
- Macquarie University
Yan HE
SMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Healthcare Operations Management, Business Analytics, Operations Planning, Scheduling and Control
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Daniel Zhichao ZHENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Guiyun FENG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Hai WANG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Yini GAO (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Yan LIN
Research Scientist
School of Computing and Information Systems, SMUSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2021
Research Interests
Software Security, System Security, Mobile Security
Dissertation
Novel Techniques in Recovering, Embedding, and Enforcing Policies for Control-Flow Integrity
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Debin GAO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor Robert Huijie DENG, SCIS, SMU
Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Zhenkai LIANG
-School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Zhiyuan GAO
Manager, Algorithm
Lazada, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2021
Research Interests
Financial Technology; Crowdfunding; Monetary Incentives in Prosocial Behaviour
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Zhiling GUO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor, Qiang TANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Chuan Hoo TAN,
-School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Zilin CHEN
Assistant Professor
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Empirical Asset Pricing, Behavioural Finance, Big Data and Machine Learning
Dissertation
Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jun TU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Dashan HUANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Qianqian DU
-Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Andrew LE Duy Dung
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
VinUniversity, Hanoi, VietnamSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2020
Research Interests
Recommender Systems, Information Retrieval, Visual Analytics
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady W. LAUW (Chair/Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Baihua ZHENG (Co-Supervisor)
Assistant Professor Yuan FANG, SIS, SMU
Professor Tze Yun LEONG
- School of Computing, National University of Singapore
