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.
Yanying CHEN
Lead Research Analyst
Policy Research Department, Central Provident Fund Board, SingaporeSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Public Policy Evaluation, Ageing
Committee Members
Assistant Professor Jing LI (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Christine HO, SOE, SMU Associate Professor Tomoko FUJII, SOE, SMU Professor Rhema VAITHIANATHAN, SOE, SMU
Yee Heng TAN
Assistant Professor,
Tokyo International University, JapanSMU PhD in Business, 2018
Research Interests
Crowdfunding, Digital Marketing, Social Networks and User-generated Content
Committee MembersProfessor Srinivas K. REDDY (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jin Kyung HAN, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Kapil TULI, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Dawn IACOBUCCI
- Vanderbilt University
Yi Jin TAN
Senior Economist
Economics Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, SingaporeSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Applied Microeconomics, Labour Economics, Health Economics
Dissertation
Essays in the Economics of Health and Ageing
Committee Members
Assistant Professor Jing LI (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Christine HO, SOE, SMU Associate Professor Tomoko FUJII, SOE, SMU Professor Rhema VAITHIANATHAN, SOE, SMU
You LI
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Shenzhen UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Financial Econometrics
Dissertation
Dispersion and Uncertainty in Density Forecasts: Evidence from Surveys of Professional Forecasters
Committee Members
Associate Professor Anthony TAY, Associate Dean (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU Professor Yiu Kuen TSE, SOE, SMU Professor Hwee Kwan CHOW, Economics and Statistics (Practice), SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH (Education) [Finance] - LKCSB, SMU
Yuan ZHUANG
Assistant Professor of Finance,
School of Banking And Finance
University of International Business and Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2018
Research Interests
Empirical Corporate Finance, Behavioural Corporate Finance, Firm Cash Holdings, Financial Analysts
Dissertation
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rong WANG (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Roger LOH, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Xia CHEN
- SOA, SMU
Bui Tien Duy LE
Trading Operations Developer
Hudson River Trading, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Software Engineering
Committee MembersAssociate Professor David LO (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Hady W. LAUW, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Ivan BESCHASTNIKH
- University of British Columbia
Cen CHEN
Senior Algorithm Engineer
Ant Financial Service Group, Alibaba, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Large-scale Optimisation & Decision Support for Coordinating Agents in Dynamic Domains (focusing on analysing, modelling & designing intelligent systems for supporting business &/or management decision making)
Committee MembersProfessor Hoong Chuin LAU (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, SIS, SMU
Professor Stephen F. SMITH
- Director, Intelligent Coordination and Logistics Laboratory
Carnegie Mellon University
Changhong LU
Assistant Professor
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2017
Research Interests
Organisational trust, organisational socialisation, negotiation, moods & emotions, self-esteem
Committee MembersProfessor Don FERRIN (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Ronald BLEDOW, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Devasheesh BHAVE, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Michele WILLIAMS
- Department of Management and Organizations,
Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
Chenxi LIU
Assistant Professor
Nanjing Audit University, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2017
Research Interests
Empirical Corporate Finance
Dissertation
Essays in Corporate Cash Holdings
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rong WANG (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Qing TONG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jiwei WANG
- SOA, SMU
Dan GENG
DATA ANALYST
AMAZON, CHINASMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Financial Information Systems & Technology, Card Promotion, Branch Networks, Omni-channel Crypto-currency
Committee MembersProfessor Robert J. KAUFFMAN (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Zhiling GUO, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Qiuhong WANG, SIS, SMU
Dr Yinping YANG
- Senior Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR
Ha Loc DO
Senior Algorithm Engineer
Damo Academy
Alibaba, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Statistical Models and Efficient Algorithms in Recommendation Systems
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Hady W. LAUW (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jing JIANG, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Cong GAO
- Nanyang Technological University
Huey Woon LEE
Associate Lecturer
Singapore Institute of ManagementSMU PhD in Psychology, 2017
Research Interests
Motivation, goal pursuit, self-regulation, well-being, individual differences
Dissertation
When Pursuing Multiple Goals, People Prioritize Attaining Minimum Requirements Over Aspiration Levels
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Serena WEE (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Evelyn AU, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV, SOSS, SMU
Professor Xiao-Tian WANG
- University of South Dakota
Jiali DU
Marketing Data Scientist
Google, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Operation research, transportation planning, machine learning
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Professor Hoong Chuin LAU, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Hai WANG, SIS, SMU
Dr Erika Fille Tupas LEGARA
- Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
Jonathan KHOO Chew Hoe
Co-founder
Research Room Pte Ltd, SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2017
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Social Networks
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jeremy GOH (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH, LKSCB, SMU
Associate Professor Ted TSCHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jerry CAO
- Sun Yat-sen University
Jose YONG Jin Chuan
Senior Lecturer
Northumbria University, United KingdomSMU PhD in Psychology, 2017
Research Interests
Evolutionary Psychology, Social Psychology, Social Status, Mate Preferences, Sex Differences, Negotiation, Power Dynamics, Group Processes, Culture
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Norman LI (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Christie SCOLLON, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kenneth TAI
- LKCSB, SMU
Justus WEE Rui Hao
Associate Lecturer
Singapore University of Social Sciences, SingaporeSMU PhD in Psychology, 2017
Research Interests
Attributions in Close Relationships, Maintenance in Early Stages of Romantic Relationships, Implicit Theories of Relationships
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Evelyn AU (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Ivy LAU, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Albert LEE
- SOSS, College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University
Lin SUN
Assistant Professor in Finance
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2017
Research Interests
Empirical Asset Pricing, Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds
Dissertation
Essays on Asset Management
Committee MembersProfessor Melvyn TEO (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Joe ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Hao LIANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuehua TANG
- Warrington College of Business, Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate, University of Florida
Liya CHU
Assistant Professor of Finance
East China University of Science & Technology, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2017
Research Interests
Asset pricing, behavioural finance, information & financial markets
Dissertation
Essays on Investor Sentiment in Asset Pricing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jun TU (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jiangfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Liangjun SU
- SOE, SMU
Michal FRANC
Scrum Master
Nubium Development SE, Czech RepublicSMU PhD in Psychology, 2017
Research Interests
Motivation in teams, multilevel concepts, trust restoration, signaling theory
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Serena WEE, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kenneth TAI
- LKCSB, SMU
Minh Duc LUU
Machine Learning Engineer
Instacart, USASMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Mining social network data
Dissertation
Modeling Adoption Dynamics in Social Networks
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Hady W. LAUW, SIS, SMU
Dr Qirong HO
- VP Engineering, Petuum, Inc
