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.
Fermin Augusto DIEZ
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Committee MembersProfessor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Senior Lecturer Saumya SINDHWANI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Genaro Jesus GUTIERREZ
- Department of Information Risk and Operations Management, University of Texas
Flocy Joseph
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Senior Lecturer Saumya SINDHWANI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Mansour JAVIDAN
- Director of the Najafi Global Mindset Institute
Thunderbird School of Global Management
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
Henry CHAN Hing Lee
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Dissertation
Evaluating the Conditions for China's Fourth Industrial Revolution Plan: A neo-Schumpeterian Analysis
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Kian Guan LIM
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
John WONG
- Professorial Fellow, East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore
Hsin Ning YONG
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Elizabeth Layne PADDOCK
- Affliated Researcher, Scientific Staff, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
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
Janice WONG Huei Ling
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Dissertation
The Role of Internal Corporate Communication during Organizational Acculturation of Acquired Companies
Committee MembersProfessor Gregor HALFF (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Gary GREGURAS
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Anne GREGORY
- University of Huddersfield
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
Karen Yoke Wah Gan
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Dissertation
Gender Effects in Hedge Funds Performance
Committee MembersProfessor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor) [Marketing]
Professor Kian Guan LIM [Finance]
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Associate Professor Dr LIM Chu Yeong
- Singapore Institute of Technology
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
Moses KOH Tong Por
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor William TOV
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Naqun HUANG
Assistant Professor
Nanjing Audit University, China
SMU PhD in Economics, 2017
Research Interests
Real estate economics, urban economics and health economics
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jing LI (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Jun YU, SOE, SMU
Professor Sock Yong PHANG, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Amanda ROSS
- Economics, Finance & Legal Studies, University of Alabama
Patrick TAN Siong Kuan
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2017
Committee MembersProfessor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice) (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Datuk Dr. Paul CHAN
- Vice Chancellor and President of Higher Education Learning Philosophy (HELP) University, Malaysia
Pavneet Singh KOCHHAR
Data Scientist II
Microsoft, CanadaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2017
Research Interests
Empirical Software Engineering, Software Testing, Mining Software Repositories
Dissertation
Testing and Debugging: A Reality Check
Committee MembersAssociate Professor David LO (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Youngsoo KIM, SIS, SMU
Dr Nachiappan NAGAPPAN
- Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
