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.
Shew Fan LIU
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
School of Economics, SMUSMU PhD in Economics, 2016
Research Interests
Spatial Econometrics, Theoretical Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Zhenlin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Yiu Kuen TSE, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Anthony TAY, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Qu FENG
- Division of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Stephen Richard Wyatt
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016
Dissertation
Dynamic Advantage
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
Li YAN
- Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Bernie JAWORSKI
- Peter F. Drucker Chair in Management and the Liberal Arts,
Professor of Management, Drucker School of Management,
Claremont Graduate University, USA
Swee Won LO
Senior Lecturer
Singapore University of Social SciencesSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Multimedia and Data Security
Committee MembersProfessor Robert Huijie DENG (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Xuhua DING, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Yingjiu LI, SIS, SMU
Yongdong WU
- Senior Scientist & System Security Lab Head, Infocomm Security Department, Institute of Infocomm Research
Tejpavan Singh Gandhok
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Joseph PORAC
- Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Management & Organisation), New York University
Professor Dan LOVALLO
- The University of Sydney
Tuan Anh HOANG
Post-doctoral Researcher
L3S Research Center, GermanySMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Efficient Methods for Social and Information Networks Analysis and Mining, User Profiling and Personalization
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jing JIANG, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Baihua ZHENG, SIS, SMU
Professor Wee Sun LEE
- School of Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Vikram BANSAL
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016
Dissertation
How Much is Enough? Determining the Optimal Frequency Levels in Internet Display Advertising
Committee MembersProfessor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Marcus LEE (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Seh-Woong CHUNG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Kyong Jin SHIM (Practice)
- School of Information Systems, SMU
Wei GONG
Software Engineer
Google, USASMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Social Media User Profiling and User Behaviour Analysis
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Gao CONG
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yi Wei YU
Chief Investment Officer
Shanghai Aijian Group, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2016
Research Interests
Corporate Finance; Corporate Innovation; Entrepreneurship; PE/VC Investment
Dissertation
Essays about Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jerry CAO (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jeremy GOH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Yongheng DENG
- School of Design & Environment, NUS
Yuchen WANG
Assistant Professor
University of Science and Technology of ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2016
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Institutional Investment, Behavioral Finance
Committee MembersProfessor Ekkehart BOEHMER (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Melvyn TEO, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jerry CAO, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Kian Guan LIM, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Anthony TAY
- SOE, SMU
Zhiyong CHENG
Researcher
Shandong Artificial Intelligence Institute Jinan, Shandong, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Information Retrieval, Multimedia Systems, Social Media Analysis and Mining
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jialie SHEN (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Steven HOI, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shuicheng YAN
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Bao Tan HUYNH
Senior Lecturer
School of Economics, Singapore Management UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2015
Research Interests
Real Business Cycles, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomic Theory
Dissertation
Role and Impact of Energy in the Business Cycle
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Sungbae AN (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Hian Teck HOON, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Haiping ZHANG, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Martin BODENSTEIN
- National University of Singapore
GAURAV BANSAL
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2015
Committee MembersProfessor Kian Guan LIM (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Christopher TING (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Joseph LIM
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Jack HONG Jiajun
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Jcube Capital Partners, Singapore
SMU PhD in Business, 2015
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Natural Language Programming, Network Centrality, Information Credibility
Dissertation
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jeremy GOH (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jerry CAO, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Roger LOH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Paul MALATESTA
- University of Washington
Jinghao KE
Chief Investment Officer
Jcube Capital Partners, SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2015
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Incentives Design, Corporate Governance, Natural Language Processing
Dissertation
Three Essays on Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jeremy GOH (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jerry CAO, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Gary CATON
- Montana State University
Kartik MURALIDHARAN
Research Scientist
Tata Consultancy Services Innovation Labs, Bangalore, IndiaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rajesh BALAN (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Archan MISRA, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Youngki LEE, SIS, SMU
Ed CUTRELL
- Senior Researcher, Technology for Emerging Markets Group, Microsoft Research India
Katherine Anne VALENTINE
Lecturer, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Chapman University, USASMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Mate Selection, Female Competition, Paternal Care, Facial Attractiveness
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Norman LI (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Christie Nappa SCOLLON, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Forrest ZHANG, SOSS, SMU
Kevin STEPPE
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon, LuxembourgSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Software Modifiability
Committee MembersProfessor Steven MILLER (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jason WOODARD, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Rajesh BALAN, SIS, SMU
Professor Eric NYBERG
- Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Professor Narayan RAMASUBBU
- University of Pittsburgh
Lay See ONG
MEDICAL STUDENT
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL, SINGAPORESMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Socio-ecological Psychology, Relational Mobility, Creativity, Embodied Cognition
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Angela LEUNG (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Ivy LAU, SOSS, SMU
Professor Chi-Yue CHIU
- Dean, Faculty of Social Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Minghui QIU
Senior Algorithm Expert
Alibaba Cloud, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Text Mining, Recommender Systems
Dissertation
Mining User Viewpoints in Online Discussions
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jing JIANG (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN
- School of Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Qiming DIAO
Senior Data Scientist
Booking.com, The NetherlandsSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Text Mining, Machine Learning and Recommendation
Dissertation
Event Identification and Analysis on Twitter
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jing JIANG (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Professor Ee-Peng LIM, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Hady W. LAUW, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Wee Sun LEE
- School of Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
