Eleven students competed in UW–Madison’s 2023-24 Three Minute Thesis final competition on February 16. Three winners were selected by a panel of industry and campus judges based on the content, comprehension, and audience engagement demonstrated through their research talks. Audience members at the event also voted for their favorite presentation of the day to win the People’s Choice Award.
Congratulations to the winners of the UW-Madison 2023-24 Three Minute Thesis competition!
First Place and People’s Choice Award: Rudy Dieudonne
Rudy Dieudonne
PhD student in Design Studies
Talk title: “Lighting, Noise & Behaviors”
Second Place: Katie Ryan
Katie Ryan
PhD student in Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Talk title: “Microbes vs Worms: Searching Nature for New Antiparasitic Compounds”
Third Place: Kristen Kehl-Floberg
Kristen Kehl-Floberg
PhD student in the School of Medicine and Public Health and the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Talk title: “Getting the Signal: Brain fog and disability in Long COVID”