SMU's first Professional Doctorate Programme was launched in 2012 and we had our first graduate in 2015.
You can view details of SMU's Professional Doctorate graduates.
Ajjaree LIMPAMONT
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersPhilip Charles ZERRILLO (Chair/Supervisor), SMU-affiliated
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB (OM), SMU
Senior Lecturer Patrick THNG, SCIS, SMU
Amanda AW YONG Zhi Xin
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Voluntary Disclosure
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
Amit BAKSHI
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Industrial marketing, strategy, value pricing, and innovation.
Dissertation
Internet of things solutions (IOTS) adoption for capital goods in the business to-business (B2B) market
Committee MembersProfessor Jin Kyung HAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Kapil R. TULI, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Alan MEGARGEL, SCIS, SMU
Andrew Cheng Ghee HENG
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Creativity and Culture
Dissertation
The impact of working from home on employee creativity: A cross cultural comparison of Germany and China
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kenneth TAI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zou XI, College of Business (Nanyang Business School) - Division of Leadership, Management & Organization, NTU
Bing SUN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Big data analysis, Blockchain technology, Supply Chain Operations Optimization
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Tin Seong KAM (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Zhiling GUO, SCIS, SMU
Professor Wei JIANG, Management Science, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professor Zhiqiang ZHENG, Information Systems, Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas
Bo ZHANG Chairman of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, Chairman and CEO of China Hongqiao Group
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Business Management
Committee MembersProfessor Lily KONG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Roy CHUA, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Economics and Human Resource Management, CKGSB
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
Charlie Nhuc Hiang LAY
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics, Geopolitical Trends, Digital Currencies, and the Financial Markets.
Committee MembersProfessor Kian Guan LIM (Chair/ Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Mandy THAM, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kee Yang LOW, YPHSL, SMU
Henry Hing Lee CHAN, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Chengshuang ZHANG
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Sustainable Finance: ESG measurement, Impact Investing, Machine learning in ESG investing & ESG measurement, ESG factors and Asset pricing anomalies, stakeholder behavior in sustainable finance. Challenges and obstacles of sustainable finance in S E Asia.
Dissertation
ESG ratings rewriting or recalibration?
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor, Emirhan ILHAN, Finance, NUS
Chih-wei TSAI
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Consumer decision making, Marketing
Committee MembersProfessor Chin Tiong TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Qian TANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Information, Technology and Innovation, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ching Lau HUI
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO, CKGSB
Deddi TEDJAKUMARA
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Dynamic Capability of the Firm, Innovation Capability Development, Leadership for Transformational Changes.
Committee MembersProfessor Gary GREGURAS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Michael Daniels, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, UBS Sauder School of Business
Donglai ZHAO
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
Application and industrialization of 3D printing technology; Digital twin technology; Technologies to achieve the reversal of human liver,l lung and kidney fibrosis; Natural extraction technology to treat growth-related diseases.
Committee MembersProfessor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jiang WEI, School of Management, Zhe Jiang University
Er-Yung CHU
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersSrinivas K REDDY (Chair/Supervisor), SMU-affiliated
Assistant Professor Alan MEGARGEL, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Sandeep R.CHANDUKALA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Fengyan CAI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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
Gang HE
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Authority Allocation and Reform Efficiency: The Distortions in Urban Renovations in China, 1992-2012
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fali HUANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Forrest ZHANG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Xinyu FAN, CKGSB
Professor Chenggang XU, Imperial College, London
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
Hao CHEN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Short video titles, title length, emoji usage, sentiment strength, user engagement
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Zhiling GUO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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