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.
Ginice SEAH
Trading Analytics Product Owner at ExxonMobil
SMU Master of Science in Computing, 2021
Guojun SHEN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Committee Members
Professor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor) -Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Binsheng TANG - Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Assistant Professor Daniel MACK -Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Han CHEN
Assistant Professor
Hunan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2021
Research Interests
Bayesian Econometrics, Financial Econometrics
Committee Members
Professor Jun YU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Yichong ZHANG, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Daniel PREVE, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Zeng TAO
-College of Economics, Zhejiang University
Hankun ZHAO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Dissertation
Regional Economic Impacts of China's High-speed Rail Development and its Institutional Challenges
Committee MembersProfessor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Sock Yong PHANG
- School of Economics, SMU
Professor Bing XIANG
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Heng LI
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Dissertation
Studies on Data-driven Management of Extended Warranty Services for Household Appliances
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Daniel Zhichao ZHENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Hai WANG
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Professor Guohua WAN
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Hui Si OH
Research Scientist
A*STAR, SingaporeSMU PhD in Psychology, 2021
Research Interests
Creativity, Emotions, Executive Functions, Well-being and Teams
Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwajin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Kimin EOM, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Andree HARTANTO, SOSS, SMU
Grace Guihyun PARK, Senior Lecturer
- The Australian National University
Hui YU
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Dissertation
CEO Curiosity and Firm Innovation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Assistant Professor Luqun XIE
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Huiyong REN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Dissertation
On the Influence of Incentive Mechanisms for China’s Current Mixed Ownership Reform on Corporate Performance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Joe Zhe ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor)
-Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG
-Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA
-School of Computing & Information Systems, SMU
Professor Chenggang XU
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Hye Jung EUN
Assistant Professor
Neoma Business School, FranceSMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Creativity, Gender, Inequalities, Diversity and Inclusion, Future of Work, Creative Industries
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor) , LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Marko PITESA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Shereen FATIMAH, LKCSB, SMU
James Van Duc Thong HOANG
Junior Data Scientist
Trusting Social, VietnamSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2021
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Software Bug Localisation, Software Mining Repositories, Defect Prediction and Programme Representation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor David LO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Co-Chair/Co-Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Julia LAWALL, Senior Research Scientist
- Sorbonne University- Inria
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
Jonathan CHEE
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2021
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Zhichao Daniel ZHENG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Xia CHEN
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Jun LIANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor)
-Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG
-Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
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
Kok Beng NEO
SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2021
Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Kenneth Guang-Lih HUANG
- NUS Business School and School of Engineering, National University of Singapore
Associate Professor David GOMULYA - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Kok Wei HOE
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Onur BOYABATLI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Ping Fan KE-
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Krishna Kumar NALLUR
SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2021
Dissertation
Entrepreneurial Intention amongst Scientists and their Transition to Roles in Research Based Startups
Committee Members
Professor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Reddi KOTHA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU Professor Sarah Lai Yin CHEAH
- National University of Singapore
Mohammed Ali M ALSHEHRI
SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2021
Dissertation
Design Thinking Intervention in Healthcare
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Reddi KOTHA (Chair/ Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Ted TSCHANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Jayanth NARAYANAN
- National University of Singapore
