Ph.D.

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Gain the confidence you need to create groundbreaking work. Conduct research, educate others, and push the business world forward with our full-time, five-year program. The path to your Ph.D. starts here.

“I was attracted to Scheller's great research environment. At Scheller, you will experience many different roles and gain a lot from those roles.”

– Zhanfei Lei
Ph.D. '19 Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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Get the education you need to break new ground by immersing yourself in our top-ranked academic research areas.

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Technology & Innovation Hub

Study in Tech Square, an area with the highest density of start-ups, corporate innovators, and academic researchers in the entire southeastern U.S.

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Cutting-Edge Concentrations

Be empowered to take on the newest trends and biggest challenges in business by focusing on one of our seven main areas of study.

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Name	Academic Area	Term	Year	Placement
Frutiger, Michael	Information Technology Management	Spring	2015	Arizona State University
Sheehan, Daniel	Marketing	Spring	2015	University of Kentucky
Liu, Joseph	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2016	California State University, Chico
Liu, Chang	Finance	Summer	2017	Industry: Mitsui Asset Management as an Investment Researcher
Reed, Natasha	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2025	Grand Valley State University
Irons, Charles	Accounting	Summer	2025	Texas Christian University
Safaya, Shikha	Operations Management	Summer	2025	California State University Long Beach
Shubham, Abhinav	Operations Management	Summer	2025	University of Cincinnati
Dong, Thien	Strategy and Innovation	Spring	2025	Pennsylvania State University
Wang, Zeya	Operations Management	Summer	2024	University of Dayton
Liu, Peina	Accounting	Summer	2024	Washington State University
Zhang, Yafei	Finance	Summer	2024	University of Central Florida
Ding, Li	Operations Management	Spring	2024	Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Du, Wendi	Finance	Spring	2024	University of South Carolina
Kang, Chunghan	Information Technology Management	Summer	2024	Hong Kong University
Zhong, Yufei	Organizational Behavior	Spring	2024	University of Arizona
Hong, Yuly	Marketing	Fall	2023	NEOMA Business School (France)
Zhu, Jiani	Organizational Behavior	Fall	2023	Industry - Amazon (Pending)
Hyun, Na Kyong	Marketing	Summer	2023	University of Cincinnati
Kulkarni, Swanand	Operations Management	Summer	2023	Dartmouth University (Denmark) (Post-Doc)
Yao, Jiayu	Information Technology Management	Summer	2023	Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Zhou, Shibo	Strategy and Innovation	Summer	2023	Copenhagen Business School (Post-Doc)
Green, Christopher	Operations Management	Spring	2023	United States Army - Battalion Commander
Hu, Hao	Information Technology Management	Spring	2023	Industry - Bloomberg
Malakar, Baridhi	Finance	Spring	2023	Industry - Western Alliance Bank
Moncada, Leonard Ortega	Strategy and Innovation	Spring	2023	Industry - Entity Risk
Spirou, Mary Eve	Organizational Behavior	Spring	2023	University of Georgia
Gong, Qing	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2022	Boise State University
Han, Elizabeth	Information Technology Management	Summer	2022	McGill University (Canada)
Hu, Zhiying	Marketing	Summer	2022	Industry
Lee, Min Young	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2022	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Post-Doc)
Menon, Anish	Accounting	Summer	2022	Prairie View A&M University
Siaminonava, Katsiaryna	Information Technology Management	Summer	2022	Arizona State University
Wu, Suyun	Accounting	Summer	2022	University of Texas at El Paso
Hu, Wenqian	Accounting	Spring	2022	University of Waterloo (Canada)
Chhabra, Param Pal Singh	Operations Management	Summer	2021	University of Alberta (Canada)
Holmstrom, Kathryn	Accounting	Summer	2021	Iowa State University
Hur, Yunyoung	Information Technology Management	Summer	2021	George Mason University
Kugal, Jonathan	Accounting	Summer	2021	Christopher Newport University
Palit, Shubhobrata	Operations Management	Summer	2021	ESADE Business School (Spain)
Abrams, Deborah	Marketing	Spring	2021	Industry - Bain & Company
Simasek, Peter	Finance	Spring	2021	Industry
He, Cheng	Marketing	Summer	2020	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Hogan, Toschia	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2020	Saint Louis University
Mahmoudzadeh, Mahdi	Operations Management	Summer	2020	Unviersity of Auckland (New Zealand)
Paradkar, Nikhkil	Finance	Summer	2020	University of Georgia
Wei, Fengrong	Finance	Summer	2020	University of West Georgia
Roche, Maria	Strategy and Innovation	Spring	2020	Harvard University
Samet, Jordan	Accounting	Spring	2020	University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Fan, Yifeng "Felix"	Organizational Behavior	Fall	2019	Fairfield University
Nickerson, Dionne	Marketing	Fall	2019	Indiana University - Bloomington
Angle, Patricia	Information Technology Management	Summer	2019	Florida Gulf Coast University
Brienthal, Amy	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2019	Agnes Scott College
Hamam, Dana Harari	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2019	University of Pennsylvania (Post-Doc)
Lei, Zhanfei	Information Technology Management	Summer	2019	University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Li, Congshan	Strategy and Innovation	Summer	2019	Xiamen University (China)
Li, Siman	Accounting	Summer	2019	Purdue University - Northwest
Venkataraman, Vijay	Strategy and Innovation	Summer	2019	Indian Institute of Management (India)
Wang, Hongchang	Information Technology Management	Summer	2019	University of Texas - Dallas
Zeng, Linghang	Finance	Summer	2019	Babson University
Zhu, Rich	Information Technology Management	Fall	2024	Data Scientist, Microsoft
Arora, Priyank	Operations Management	Summer	2018	University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Bujold-Steed, Laurens	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2018	Miami University - Cincinnati
Chae, Myoung-Jin	Marketing	Summer	2018	Linghang University (Hong Kong)
Choi, Youngmin	Finance	Summer	2018	City University of New York - Baruch College
Lee, Jaeseok	Operations Management	Summer	2018	University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Nattami, Kathik	Information Technology Management	Summer	2018	Southern Methodist University
Wang, Minho	Finance	Summer	2018	Florida International University
Yang, Di	Accounting	Summer	2018	University of New South Wales (Australia)
Zhang, Teng	Finance	Summer	2018	University of Wyoming
Fu, Wayne	Operations Management	Summer	2017	University of Michigan - Dearborn
Jaiswal, Mayank	Strategy and Innovation	Summer	2017	Rider University
Keem, Sejin	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2017	Portland State University
Xie, Peng	Information Technology Management	Summer	2017	California State University - East Bay
Bajaj, Aditi	Marketing	Summer	2016	Industry - Greenberg Strategy
Huang, Ximin (Natalie)	Operations Management	Summer	2016	University of Minnesota
Ganduri, Rohan	Finance	Spring	2016	Emory University
Bellamy, Marcus	Operations Management	Summer	2015	Boston University
Carlisle, Melissa	Accounting	Summer	2015	Case Western Reserve
Hair, Michael	Marketing	Summer	2015	Southern Illinois University
Johnson, Joseph	Accounting	Summer	2015	University of Central Florida
Lemoine, Gerald	Organizational Behavior	Summer	2015	State University of New York at Buffalo
Sell, Briana	Strategy and Innovation	Summer	2015	Mercer University
Singh, Narenda	Operations Management	Summer	2015	Indian School of Business - Mohali (India)
Subramanian, Hemang	Information Technology Management	Summer	2015	Florida International University
Xu, Jiao	Information Technology Management	Summer	2015	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Gibson, Kerry	Organizational Behavior	Spring	2015	Babson University
Koseoglu, Gamze	Organizational Behavior	Spring	2015	University of Melbourne (Australia)
Wang, Richard	Finance	Spring	2025	Truist Bank
Lua, Egan	Organizational Behavior	Spring	2025	College of Charleston