Three Minute Thesis 2020 Winner Announcement

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) challenges graduate students to communicate their research in three minutes or less in non-specialist language. Contestants represent a diverse array of disciplines and areas of study and reflect the passion and thirst for discovery common among all of Iowa's graduate students. Join us on November 6th at 12:00 pm Central Time for a Q&A with some of our finalists and find out who the winner is for 3MT 2020!

2020 FINALISTS:

Moala Keshei (Bannavti), No More PCBs in School Air

Maggie Carolan, Surveying Radium in Iowa Private Drinking Water Wells

Ivy Debreceni, Determining Early Signals That Lead to Sjögren Syndrome

Nyema M. Harmon, Switching on the Lights Within Cells

Mariam El-Hattab, A Little Fat Never Hurt Anybody: How Fat Can Influence Wound Healing

Megan Lindmark, Hey Siri, How’s My Water Quality? Smart Drinking Water Systems for Central America

Alyssa Mianecki, The Story of Toilets, Fish, Spiders, and People: Finding the Chemicals That Impact Hormones.

Stephanie Peterson, A Fructose Rich Diet May Impact Disease by Influencing the Gut Microbiome

Runqing Qi, An Instructional Model For Reading Authentic Chinese Texts

Clarissa Shaw, Elderspeak: Nurse Communication in Hospital Dementia Care

Megan Small, A Song Unsung: The Music of Water Ballet

Elmira Jangjou, The Lived Experience of Postsecondary Students with an On-Campus Food Pantry

Kody Waldstein, Mutations and Viruses: Small Changes with Deadly Results

Thapelo Whitfield, Differential Item Functioning Analysis of Campus Climate Survey Data

Emily Wieder, Being, Seeming, Resisting: Claude Cahun

(Finalists are listed in alphabetical order by last name)