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.
Nanjing LI
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hai WANG, SCIS, SMU
Professor Guohua WAN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Nimisha KERSARWANI
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022
Dissertation
Organizational Factors that Facilitate Collective Social Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Obuchettiar Krishnaraj ARUL
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Dissertation
Human-centered artificial intelligence: Creating a better customer experience In the banking sector
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Alan MEGARGEL (Chair/Supervisor)
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Jack Jia Jun HONG, Adjunct Faculty
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LO
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Ser Kang ANG, Principal Lecturer
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Paulo Daniel SALLES RAMOS
Research Fellow
Singapore Management UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2022
Research Interests
Microeconomics, Game Theory, Social Choice Theory, Implementation Theory, Mechanism Design
Committee Members
Professor Shurojit CHATTERJI (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Jingyi XUE, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Takashi KUNIMOTO, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Peng LIU
- East China Normal University
Quoc Tuan TRUONG
Applied Scientist
Amazon, CanadaSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Research Interests
Machine Learning Methods, Information Retrieval: Search and Recommendation, Mining the Web and Human Behavioural Data
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady W. LAUW (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan FANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jie ZHANG
- Nanyang Technological University
Rahul BANERJEE
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersProfessor Gerry GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Jared NAI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Paul GRIFFIN
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Rajiv Ranjan KUMAR
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2022
Research Interests
Data-driven Optimization and Planning, Sequential Decision Making, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Game Theory for Large Scale Multi (Selfish) Agents Systems, Reinforcement Learning and Multi Agent Decision-making
Dissertation
Towards Improving System Performance in Large Scale Multi-Agent Systems with Selfish Agents
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor William YEOH
- Washington University
Rui WANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersProfessor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Fali HUANG
- School of Economics, SMU
Professor Jing LIU
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Shenxi SONG
Data Scientist (Economist)
Lazada, SingaporeSMU PhD in Economics, 2022
Research Interests
International Trade and Global Value Chain
Committee Members
Associate Professor Pao-Li CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yuan MEI, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Amanda JAKOBSSON, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Mostafa BESHKAR
- Indiana University
Shuna Shi Ann KHOO
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2022
Research Interests
Social media and smartphone use, differences in excessive technology use, executive functions and individual differences, global mental health and population health
Dissertation
Battling Self-Esteem Issues During SNS Use: A Multilevel Latent Variable Path Analysis Approach
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwajin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kimin EOM, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Haewoon KWAK, SCIS, SMU
Shuyao KE
Assistant Professor
Jinan UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2022
Research Interests
Econometric Theory, Financial Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Liangjun SU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Jun YU, SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C.B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Professor Sainan JIN
- Tsinghua University
Tengjiao HUANG
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2022
Research Interests
Burnout, Work Engagement, Social Inequality, Well-being
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jacinth TAN (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Thian Kiang TAN
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Sarah Lai Yin CHEAH
- NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
Tianni XIE
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022
Dissertation
Dual Agenda Innovation: How Firms Pursue Economic and Environmental Goals Simultaneously
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Gerry GEORGE
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Tiejiong FAN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Denis Heng Yan LEUNG
- School of Economics, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Xinmin TIAN
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Ting HUANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jun TU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jiwei WANG, SOA, SMU
Professor Wei LI
- CKGSB
Victor Hock Keong ONG
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Dissertation
Impact of Geographical Diversification and Limited Attention on Private Equity Fund Returns
Committee MembersProfessor Melvyn Song Wee TEO (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Hao LIANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Jimmy LEE
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Weifeng ZHENG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersProfessor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Xiaoyu MENG
Assistant Professor
Nankai UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2022
Research Interests
Spatial Econometrics, Panel Data Models, Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Zhenlin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yichong ZHANG, SOE, SMU
Professor Sainan JIN, Tsinghua University
Associate Professor Xiaoyi HAN, Xiamen University
Xiu Shun SUN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG
-Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
