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.
Victor KWAN Yao Han
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Committee MembersProfessor Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Gregor HALFF (Co-Supervisor)
- Copenhagen Business School
Assistant Professor Ernst Christiaan OSINGA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Wei JIN
Assistant Professor
Nankai University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
International Political Economy, International Trade Policy & Theory, Quantitative Trade Analysis
Dissertation
International Trade, Trade Policy, and the WTO
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Pao-Li CHANG (Chair/ Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Wen-Tai HSU, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Jianhuan XU, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Lin MA
- Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
Wen Haw CHONG
Principal Member of Technical Staff
DSO National Laboratories, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Data Analytics On Location Based Social Media
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jing JIANG (Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Steven HOI, SIS, SMU
Loo Nin TEOW
- Head of Laboratory, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Chief Scientist, DSO National Laboratories
Wenxin HUANG
Assistant Professor in Economics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Econometric Theory, Macroeconomics
Committee MembersProfessor Liangjun SU (Chair/ Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C.B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Professor Sainan JIN, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Feng QU
- Department of Economics, Nanyang Technological University
Wuyi WANG
Assistant Professor
Institute for Economics and Social Research, Jinan University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics
Dissertation
Three Essays on Panel Structure Models
Committee MembersProfessor Liangjun SU (Chair/ Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C.B. PHILLIPS (Co-Chair), SOE, SMU
Professor Sainan JIN, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor, Feng QU
- Department of Economics, Nanyang Technological University
Xiaobin LIU
Assistant Professor
School of Economics, Zhejiang University, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Bayesian Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, International Finance, Credit Default Swap
Dissertation
Three Essays on Bayesian Econometrics
Committee Members
Professor Jun YU (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU Professor Peter C.B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU Professor Thomas J. SARGENT, SOE, SMU Associate Professor of Finance, Jun TU - LKCSB, SMU
Xuan LUO
Post-Doc Research Fellow
INSEAD, SingaporeSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
International Trade, Urban Economics and Macroeconomics
Committee Members
Associate Professor Wen-Tai HSU (Chair/ Supervisor), SOE, SMU Associate Professor Pao Li CHANG, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Jianhuan XU, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Lin MA
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Ya SUN
Assistant Professor
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Health Economics, Labour Economics
Dissertation
Three Essays on Social Insurance
Committee Members
Assistant Professor Seonghoon KIM (Chair/ Supervisor), SOE, SMU Associate Professor Nicolas L. JACQUET, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Jungho LEE, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Kanghyock KOH - Department of Economics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
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
Zafar Abdulmajid Momin
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Dissertation
Identifying The Competencies of Middle Managers Leading Successful Strategy Implementation
Committee MembersProfessor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMUAssistant Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Goutam CHALLAGALLA
- International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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
Chi Kwan YUEN
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Dissertation
Can Honesty Reminders Reduce Budgetary Slack?
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Chee Yeow LIM (Chair/Supervisor)
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Associate Professor Gary PAN
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Associate Professor Poh Sun SEOW
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 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
