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.
Angdi LU
Assistant Professor
Renmin University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2020
Research Interests
International Trade; Economic Geography
Dissertation
Three Essays on Quality of Tradable Products
Committee Members
Associate Professor Pao-Li CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Amanda JAKOBSSON, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Mei YUAN, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor of Economics Tian LIN
- INSEAD
Bin LI
Assistant Professor
Wuhan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
Agricultural Operations, Interface of OM and Finance, Sustainable Operations
Dissertation
Essays on Agricultural Commodity Processing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Onur BOYABATLI (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Buket AVCI LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Yangfang Helen ZHOU LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Tong WANG
-National University of Singapore
Boya YANG
Senior Engineer
Micron Technology, SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
OM-finance Interface, Supply Chain Finance, Supply Risk Management, Capacity Management.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Onur BOYABATLI, (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Demeester LIEVEN, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Rowan WANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor S. VISWANATHAN
-Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
Cuiling ZHANG
Assistant Professor in Economics
Institute for Advanced Economic Research
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2020
Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory, Mechanism Design
Dissertation
Essays on a Mechanism Design Approach to the Problem of Bilateral Trade and Public Good Provision
Committee Members
Associate Professor Takashi KUNIMOTO (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Shurojit CHATTERJI, SOE, SMU
Visiting Professor of Economics Atsushi KAJII, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Yi-Chun CHEN
- National University of Singapore
Deserina SULAEMAN
Lecturer
National University of SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2020
Research Interests
Platform Economy, Non-Profit Management, Charitable Fundraising
Dissertation
Raising Funds in the Era of Digital Economy
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Mei LIN (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Professor Srinivas K. REDDY, LKCSB, SMUA
Assistant Professor Qian TANG, SIS, SMU
Professor Zannie Giraud VOSS
- Southern Methodist University
Haoyuan LI
Assistant Professor
University of International Business and Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
Return Predictability; Business Cycle & Textual Information
Dissertation
Stock Market Information and Security Prices
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Roger LOH (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Gennaro BERNILE
- University of Miami
Huy Vu TRAN
Research Scientist
School of Information Systems
Singapore Management University, SingaporeSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2020
Research Interests
Mobile & Wearable Sensing; Battery-less Systems; Internet of Things (IoT); RF-based Sensing; Visible Light Communication
Committee MembersProfessor Archan MISRA (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Rajesh Krishna BALAN, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kotaro HARA, SIS, SMU
Professor Fahim KAWAR
- Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Jiangyuan LI
Economist/Operational Scientist
Kwai (Kwaishou), ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
Asset Pricing
Dissertation
Three Essays on Financial Economics
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Dashan HUANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jun TU, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Junye LI
- ESSEC Business School
Jiaqi HONG
Research Scientist
Singapore Management UniversitySMU PhD in Computer Science, 2020
Research Interests
System Security
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuhua DING (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Professor Robert Huijie DENG (Co chair/ Co Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor, Debin GAO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Fengwei ZHANG
- Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Junxing CHAY
Research Fellow
DUKE-NUS Medical School, SingaporeSMU PhD in Economics, 2020
Research Interests
Health Economics; Labour Economics
Dissertation
Policy Impact Evaluations on Labor and Health
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Seonghoon KIM (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Tomoki FUJII, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Jing LI, SOE, SMU
Professor of Health Services and Systems Research Eric Andrew FINKELSTEIN
- DUKE-NUS Medical School
Lei ZHENG
Assistant Professor
Shanghai University of Finance And Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
Behavioral Theory of the Firm, Organization Learning and Design, Simulation Models
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Adam TATARYNOWICZ (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Daniel MACK, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kannan SRIKANTH
-Ohio State University
Li TONG
Assistant Professor
Peking University, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility; Merger & Acquisition
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Hao LIANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jun XIA
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Liyao LI
Assistant Professor
East China Normal UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2020
Research Interests
Spatial Econometrics, Panel Data Models, Urban Economics, Applied Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Zhenlin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Yiu Kuen TSE, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yichong ZHANG, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Fei JIN
- SOE, Fudan University
Liyao WANG
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
Hong Kong Baptist UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2020
Research Interests
Empirical Asset Pricing, Behavioural Finance, Textual Analysis
Dissertation
Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing
Committee Members
Assistant Professor Dashan HUANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Anthony TAY, SOE, SMU
Professor Yiu Kuen TSE, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Wen QUAN
- Georgetown University
Meeralakshmi RADHAKRISHNAN
Research Fellow
Living Analytics Research Centre (LARC)
Singapore Management University, SingaporeSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2020
Research Interests
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Wearable and IoT Systems
Committee MembersProfessor Archan MISRA (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kotaro HARA, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Hwee Xian TAN, SIS, SMU
Inseok HWANG
- Research Staff Member/Master Inventor, IBM
Miao KE
Assistant Professor
School of Economics
Fudan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2020
Research Interests
Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Liangjun SU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C.B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Professor Sainan JIN, Professor ,SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Qu FENG
-Nanyang Technological University
Nguyen Loc HUYNH
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft, USASMU PhD in Computer Science, 2020
Research Interests
Building system optimizations to speedup existing deep-learning based computer vision applications
Dissertation
Exploting Approximation, Caching and Specialization to Accelerate Vision Sensing Applications
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rajesh Krishna BALAN (Chair/Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Youngki LEE (Co-Chair/Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kotaro HARA, SIS, SMU
Matthai PHILIPOSE
- Senior Researcher, Microsoft
Nguyen Phan Sinh HUYNH
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yonsei University, South KoreaSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2020
Research Interests
Mobile Sensing, Healthcare Sensing Systems & Applications
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rajesh Krishna BALAN (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Youngki LEE, Seoul National University (Co-chair/Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kotaro HARA, SIS, SMU
Professor Prashant SHENOY
- University of Massachusetts, Amberst
Qiyuan DENG
Assistant Professor
School of Management and Economics,
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2020
Research Interests
Online Retailing, Online Marketplaces and Platforms, Influencer Marketing, Social and Economic Networks, Interface of Operations and Marketing
Dissertation
Innovative Business Models in Online Retailing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Xin FANG LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Yini GAO LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zhiling GUO SIS, SMU
Sean Teck Hao LEE
Lecturer
James Cook University, SingaporeSMU PhD in Psychology, 2020
Research Interests
Creativity and Innovation; Emotions, Health and Well-Being; Psychometrics
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Angela LEUNG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Shyhnan LIOU- Chairman of the Institute of Creative Industries Design, National Cheng Kung University
