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.
GAN, Junhui
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Dynamics: Studying the interactions and relationships between leaders and members within teams. Leader-Member Exchange Differentiation (LMXD): Exploring how variations in LMX within a team impact team dynamics and outcomes.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ming-Hong TSAI, SOSS, SMU
Professor Jingqiu CHEN, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Gang HE
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Authority Allocation and Reform Efficiency: The Distortions in Urban Renovations in China, 1992-2012
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fali HUANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Forrest ZHANG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Xinyu FAN, CKGSB
Professor Chenggang XU, Imperial College, London
GAO, Menzhong
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Xiaomeng ZHANG, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Gilaine NG Rui
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Gloria Junyan LAI
SMU Master of Philosophy in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
Close relationships
Dissertation
Awe and relationship quality
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Kenneth Yu-Yang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Andree HARTANTO, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
GUAN Jianlin
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
1. Research on the Development Trends of the Landscape Industry 2. Research on the Causes of Difficulties in the Development of the Landscape Industry
Dissertation
An empirical research on the financial distress risk in the garden and constuction industry
Committee MembersAssociate Professor YUE Heng (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor LI Weikai, LKCSB, SMU
Professor HAN Hongling, Zhejiang University
Hanyu ZHANG
Nankai University, Assistant Professor, China, September 2023.
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Empirical Corporate Finance; Culture and Finance; Sustainable Finance; Chinese Economy.
Dissertation
Essays on stakeholder economy
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Peter JOOS, Accounting and Control, INSEAD
Hao CHEN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Short video titles, title length, emoji usage, sentiment strength, user engagement
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Zhiling GUO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Hong Jin KANG
UCLA, Postdoctoral Scholar, USA, January 2023
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Software Engineering and Specification Mining
Dissertation
Fortifying the seams of software systems
Committee MembersProfessor David LO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW, SCIS, SMU
Professor Ming LI, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University
Hong Quang PHAM
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Dissertation
Continual Learning with Neural Networks
Committee MembersProfessor Steven HOI (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Akshat KUMAR, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Kun ZHANG, Carnegie Mellon University
Hong TAO
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
Innovation of Business Models for Enterprises, The Development Trends of the Digital Economy, Social Responsibility Fulfillment of Platform Based Enterprises
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU
Professor Xiaobo WU, School of Management, Zhejiang University
HUA Yeyu
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
Innovation
Committee MembersLee Kong Chian Professor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Xiaobo Wu, Zhejiang University
Huiyu HE
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Disclosure, Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting Quality, Real Investment, Insider Trading
Committee MembersProfessor Xia CHEN (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU
Professor Liandong ZHANG, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Gloria YU, LKCSB, SMU
Jiajing LING
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Neuro-symbolic AI
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Akshat KUMAR (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Anh Tien MAI, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, Management Science & Information Systems, Rutgers University
Jiawen MA
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Social Networks, Status, Organizational Learning
Committee MembersProfessor Gokhan ERTUG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Cyndi Man ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ilya CUYPERS, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Daphne YIU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Matthew MOUNT, University of Adelaide
Jing TIAN
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, Employee identity, Organizational change in digital transformation
Committee MembersProfessor Heng YUE (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Xiaobo WU, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Jingfeng YANG
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Operations Research, Machine Learning, Data-driven Optimization
Committee MembersProfessor Hoong Chuin LAU (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hai WANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Yingqian ZHANG, Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology
Kevin Han Boon LIM
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Effective Leadership, Organization Strategy, Organizational Design
Dissertation
Leadership through effective communication
Committee MembersProfessor Timothy CLARK (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Mark CHONG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Kheng Tat Marcus TAN
SMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Search and Matching Theory, and Monetary Economics
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Nicolas Laurent JACQUET (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Ismail BAYDUR, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Jianhuan XU, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Serene TAN, Department of Economics, NUS
Kok Fong BEH
SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Pascale CRAMA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Helen Yangfang ZHOU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jacob RICKS, SOSS, SMU
