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.
Antonia Krasimirova KIRILOVA
Assistant Professor
Cunef Universidad de Estudios Financieros, SpainSMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Empirical Asset Pricing, Behavioural Finance, Retail Investors and Institutions, Market Microstructure and Derivatives
Committee MembersProfessor Ekkehart BOEHMER (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Joe Zhe ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Seongkyu Gilbert PARK
- Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityAnurag VIJ
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Dissertation
Digital Exploration Alliances
Committee MembersProfessor Kapil R. TULI (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Girish MALLAPRAGADA
- Indiana University
Professor Ajay KOHLI
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Chung-Kyun HAN
Researcher
LG Display, South KoreaSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2021
Research Interests
Advanced Optimisation Techniques, Decomposition Technique, Data Visualisation, Simulation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor Hoong Chuin LAU, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Loo Hay LEE
- National University of SingaporeDietmar KAPPEL
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2021
Dissertation
Resilience as an Organisational Capability: A Study of How Firms Survive and Outperform in Disruptive Times
Committee MembersProfessor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Daniel MACK
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Andreas B. EISINGERICH, Head of Department Analytics, Marketing and Operations,
- Imperial College London
Duy Quoc Nghi BUI
Lead Research Scientist
Huawei Ireland Research CentreSMU PhD in Computer Science, 2021
Research Interests
Software Engineering, Programming Languages, Machine Learning
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Lingxiao JIANG (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Yijun YU
- The Open University, United KingdomEdson Li Hao KIEU
SMU PhD in Business, 2021
Research Interests
Corporate Strategy; Interorganisational Networks; Interorganisational Conflict; Strategic Alliances; Development; Sustainability; Climate Change
Dissertation
Triads of Interorganizational Conflict: Investigating Asymmetries, Disputes and Tensions
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Adam TATARYNOWICZ (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Denis LEUNG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ilya CUYPERS, LKCSB, SMUEric Changhwan KIM
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2021
Dissertation
Changes in Decision-making Authority when Chaebol Firms Grow: From the Perspective of Non-family Managers
Committee Members
Professor Toru YOSHIKAWA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Xuesong GENG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Jungho LEE
- School of Economics, SMUGuojun 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, SMUHan 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 UniversityHankun 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 BusinessHeng 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 UniversityHui 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 UniversityHui 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 UniversityHuiyong 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 BusinessHye 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, SMUJames 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- InriaJi 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 UniversityJia 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 SchoolJiayun 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 OregonJonathan 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