Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Previous Award Winners

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) competition is a collaborative effort between the University of Louisville Graduate School PLAN graduate student professional development and the Graduate Student Council. Graduate students who participate in 3MT develop vital skills for success in their career inside or outside academia, including presentation and research communication skills. By participating, graduate students have the opportunity to practice effectively explaining their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 

Fall 2022 3MT Competition Finalists and Award Winners

First Place: Christopher Brown, "Experience-Dependent Visual Circuit Reorganization is Confined to a Critical Period" 

($500 award, attendance at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools)

Runner Up: Casey Saulman, "Pumping Life Into A Deadly Heart Disease With Pressure-Volume Loops"

($250 award)

People's Choice: Milinda Bharatha, "Safer Lithium-ion Batteries for Future"

($100 award)

Finalists: Amin Mohammadzadeh, Sam Vielee, Tolu Olajuyigbe, Anil Sharma, Mifleh Al Araydeh and Soukaina Tarraf

Spring 2022 3MT Competition Finalists and Award Winners

First Place and People's Choice: Sonia Calero, Chemical Engineering Doctoral Student  
"Affordable Materials For Solar Cells" 
($500 award, $100 award, attendance at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools)

1st Runner Up: Christopher Brown, Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology Doctoral Student
"Visual Circuit Reorganization Adapts to Experience During The Critical Period"
($250 award)

2nd Runner Up: Mariam Habil, Pharmacology and Toxicology Doctoral Student
"The Butterfly Effect Of NACETYLTRANSFERAS ES SNPS on Cancer"
($250 award)

Finalists: Md Morshedul Alam, Mariam Habil, Aryan Hosseinzadeh, Dana Oakes, Casey Saulman and Zachary Whiddon

Spring 2021 3MT Competition Finalists and Award Winners

First Place: Jennifer Toyoda, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Doctoral Student 
"When your Chainsaw Loses its Safety Lock: A Hypothesis for Metal-Induced Lung Cancer" (see video here)
($500 award, attendance at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools)

Runner Up: Nonah Olesen, Experimental Psychology, Doctoral Student
"The Effect of Parent Interactions on Young Infants' Visual Attention in an Object-Manipulation Task: Under what circumstances are parents helping, and when are they hindering?"
($250 award)

People’s Choice: Mariam Habil, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Doctoral Student
"N-acetyltransferases (NATs): A Fork in The Road"
($100 award)

Finalists: Mariam Habil, Nonah Olesen, Haiyan Lu, Hyun Jin Jung, and Jennifer Toyoda

Spring 2020 3MT Competition Finalists and Award Winners

First Place: Shakeyrah Elmore, Public Health and Information Sciences, Doctoral Student
"Race, Gender, Stress and Meditation: The Effects on Black Maternal and Infant Health"
($500 award, attendance at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools)

"Perceived Social Support and Quality of Life for Women with Breast Cancer in Jordan"
($250 award)

People’s Choice: Shakeyrah Elmore, Public Health and Information Sciences, Doctoral Student
"Race, Gender, Stress and Meditation: The Effects on Black Maternal and Infant Health"
($100 award)

Finalists:
Rohit Vadlamani, Jack Molnar, Parag Siddique, Hedaya Hina, Hetal Desai, Shakeyrah Elmore, Aryan Hosseinzadeh

Fall 2019 3MT Competition Award Winners

First Place: Nana Ama Bullock, Public Health and Information Sciences, Doctoral Student
"Behavior of Men and The Risk of HIV among Young Women in Ghana"
($500 award, attendance at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools)

Spring 2019 3MT Competition Award Winners

First Place Winner: Jack Molnar, Physiology and Biophysics, Doctoral Student

"Kuraci: Harnessing Big Data and Personal Informatics to Solve Medical Mysteries"

Spring 2018 3MT Competition Award Winner

Becky Steele, Physics, Doctoral Student

"Smiley Faces in Space: Gravitational Lenses and the Hunt for Dark Matter"

Spring 2017 3MT Competition Award Winner

 Swathi Kuppireddy, Biology, Doctoral Student

"Identification of host targets for effectors from the anther smut fungus, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae"

Spring 2016 3TM Competition Award Winner

Nicholas Short, Biology, Doctoral Student
"Just One Drink"