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.
Shunyi YAO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, CKGSB
Sicheng YU
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Jing JIANG (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Wei GAO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Qianru SUN, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN, Nanyang Technological University
Srikant VINAKOTA
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Pascale CRAMA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Bhavani Shanker UPPARI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yaozhong WU, Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School, NUS
Srishti BANERJEE
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, Culture, Diversity
Dissertation
Why and how leaders differentiate?
Committee MembersProfessor Gary GREGURAS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Christian Tröster, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Kühne Logistics University
SUN Yiping
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN, SOA, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
TAN Kok Yew
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
- communications - marketing - strategic management - technology
Dissertation
Learning to Outsmart a Crisis: A Strategic Management View on Managing Aviation Crises with Machine Learning
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Su Lin YEO, LKCSB ,SMU
Tao JIANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Liu Jing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Tarmo RAUDSEPP
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, organizational cognition, talent management, mindfulness, decision making, motivation, high performing teams
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hiro SAITO, Global Faculty Development, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Theodore Charles MASTERS-WAAGE
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Dissertation
Social Attention in Realistic Work Environments
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Michael SCHAERER, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Malia MASON, Columbia University
Tian DENG Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Digitalization, SEC Enforcement, Financial Analyst, Executive Compensation
Dissertation
Regulating by new technology: The impacts of the SEC data analytics on the SEC investigations
Committee MembersProfessor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Professor Liandong ZHANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Sterling HUANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Tiecheng XU
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
His research interest includes the organizational behavior , human resource management, and corporate finance.
Committee MembersLee Kong Chian Professor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Cyndi Man ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jun Qi SHI, School of Management, Zhengjiang University
Trung Hoang LE
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor ZHENG Baihua, SCIS, SMU
Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lina YAO, Computer Science, University of New South Wales
Vincent Boon Seng LIM
CFO of Asia Pacific for Datalogic S.p.A.
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Strategic Management
Committee MembersAssociate Professor David GOMULYA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN, SOA, SMU
Waldy JOE
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Dissertation
Reinforcement Learning Approach to Coordinate Real-World Multi-Agent Dynamic Routing and Scheduling
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hoong Chuin LAU (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Anh Tien MAI, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
WANG, Bin
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Resource-based View, Resource Dependency Theory, Trilateral Cooperation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN, SOA, SMU
Professor Shaoqing HUANG, Antai School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wee Qin NG
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
Healthy ageing, developmental psychology, executive functions, technology
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwajin YANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Professor Norman LI, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jacinth TAN, SOSS, SMU
Weiwei LI
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Diversification, policy shock and firm performance, evidence from the game industry in China
Committee MembersJanice Bellace Professor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Pengkai LIN, SOA, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Wenqing TAN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Heng YUE, SOA, SMU
Professor Jie GAN, Finance, CKGSB
WU Huimin
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Dissertation
Do subsidies promote the R&D Efficiency of Green Innovation? Empirical evidence from China
Committee MembersProfessort LI Jia (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor FU Fangjian, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor MA Lin, SOE, SMU
WU Yujie
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Research on the Impact of Institutional Ownership and Confucian Values on Corporate Performance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN, SOA, SMU
Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance Haitao LI, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
