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.

Israel Wipf

Israel Wipf

Winner

Fueling the Fire: Fruit Flies and the Obesity-Cancer Connection

Sun Joo Lee

Honorable Mention

Outcomes of Therapeutic Group Singing for People with Parkinson’s Disease

Sun Joo Lee
Bronwyn Stewart

Bronwyn Stewart

People's Choice Winner

Gutter Performance

Riley Behan-Bush
Mac Smash! How PCBs Turn Immune Cells into Monsters
Riley Behan-Bush
Cameron Brown

Cameron Brown

You Got Me Feeling Emotions: Queer Emotional Labor and Audiences of Reality

Kaitriana Colling

Harnessing Hormones: Advancing Progestin Therapy for Uterine Cancer

Kaitriana Colling
Mavis Gyesi

Mavis Gyesi

Examining (Mis)alignment of Educational Goals and Career Aspirations Among Sub-Saharan African International Graduate Students in the United States.

Akansha Jain

Balancing Oxygen: Insights from our Lungs

Akansha Jain
Jordan Mayberry

Jordan Mayberry

Friend or Foe: The Role of the Immune System in Glaucoma

Misty Perez

Cheers to FGF21: The Hormone Helping You Drink Less

Misty Perez
Winter Philibert

Winter Philibert

Improving airway mucus properties for easier breathing.

Shanari Rathnayake

Color Changing Polymers: A Simple Solution for Detecting Spoiled Meat

Shanari Rathnayake
Shobhan Roy

Shobhan Roy

How (NOT) to trigger a detonation in energetic materials: the microstructure holds the key!

Ti-Ara Turner

Using a Humanized Mouse Model to Better Understand Multiple Sclerosis

Ti-Ara Turner