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2020 3MT UNC Finals: Odessa Goudy and others
October 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.
3MT was developed by The University of Queensland in 2008, and is now held in more than 900 universities in 85 countries around the world.
The Top 10 Competitors for 2020 are:
Jeliyah Clark (Environmental Sciences and Engineering) – Eating for Two: Mother’s Diet as an Intervention for Arsenic-Induced Lower Birth Weight
Odessa Goudy (Biochemistry and Biophysics) – From Computer Models to Cancer Drugs: Creating Inhibitor Proteins to Combat Cancer
Chiung-Wei Huang (Chemistry) – Feeling Is the Truth: Inhomogeneity in Materials
Rachel Johnson (Chemistry) – A Hybrid Antibiotic to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance
Isabel Laterzo (Political Science) – Don’t Call the Police: Measuring the “Dark Figure” of Crime
Jon Meyers (Chemistry) – A Grain of Salt
Meryem Ok (Biomedical Engineering) – Human Intestine on a Dish
Ricky Pimentel (Biomedical Engineering) – Muscle Metabolic Energy Costs While Modifying Propulsive Force Generation During Walking
Jonathan Schlosser (Hussman School of Journalism and Media) – Disinfectant, News, and Twitter
Danielle Weber (Psychology and Neuroscience) – Emotional Arousal in Couples Predicts Short- and Long-Term Relationship Satisfaction
- First place will receive $1000 and participate in regional 3MT competitions to represent UNC Chapel Hill (TBD)
- Second place will receive $600
- People’s Choice will receive $400
