3-Minute Thesis Final Competition 2024 (archive)

3-Minute Thesis Final Competition!

The 3-Minute Thesis competition challenges Yale PhD students to clearly and compellingly describe their thesis to a broad audience – in 3 minutes!  By preparing a successful presentation, students will develop a key professional asset that is just as critical for academic conferences and job talks as it is for a job search outside of the academy.  We welcome all Yale students, postdocs, faculty, and staff to attend this exciting and enlightening annual event!  Register here.

Friday, April 12, 2024, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
OC Marsh Auditorium, Yale Science Building 
260 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 

Watch as winners from the preliminary divisional rounds compete for recognition and cash prizes.  Cheer on the presenters as you learn about the diverse range and profound impact of graduate student research at Yale. A panel of esteemed judges drawn from Yale alumni will decide the first and second prizes, while the live and virtual audience will vote on “people’s choice” awards. The audience includes graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and GSAS alumni. Join us for this celebration of professional communication!  

Congratulations to our Preliminary Round Winners!

Social Sciences

  • Meera Choi (Sociology), “The Rise of Heterosexual Refusal?”
  • Leonardo de Siqueira Lima (Economics), “Paying Students to Graduate from High School”

Engineering

  • Theodoros Trochatos (Electrical Engineering), “Fortifying Quantum Clouds: Securing Information in the Quantum Era”
  • Alev Baysoy (Biomedical Engineering), “Spatial CRISPR Screening”

Physical Sciences

  • Lihao Yan (Physics), “Traveling Waves Perpendicular to Macaque’s V4 Area”
  • Yanyu Zhao (Chemistry), “Secret Talent of the Gut Microbiome: Metabolism of Small Molecule G Protein-coupled Receptor Drugs”

Biology

  • Jenna Andrews (Microbiology), “Strike an Adipose: Illuminating Fat as a Reservoir for Q Fever”
  • Arya Ökten (Immunobiology), “Making a Norovirus Vaccine: All Good Things Take Time”

Humanities

  • John Webley (Slavic L&L, History of Art), “Ink, Paint, and Blood: India and the Great Game in Russian Culture”