2020 3MT Finalist
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Thapelo Whitfield
Thapelo is a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Educational Measurement and Statistics program at the University of Iowa. A bachelor’s degree in math
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Runqing Qi
Runqing is a Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition. Both her undergraduate and graduate studies have been focused on teaching Chinese as a
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Maggie Carolan
Maggie Carolan is a Ph.D. student in environmental engineering at the University of Iowa. Her current research focuses on developing treatment
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Megan Small
Megan Small is a PhD candidate in Musicology at the University of Iowa. She holds three degrees in musicology and horn performance and was a recipient
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Kody Waldstein
Kody is a PhD candidate in Immunology studying the immune response to respiratory viral infections in the lab of Dr. Steven Varga. He graduated with a
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Alyssa Mianecki
Alyssa Mianecki is a second-year masters student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. She grew up in Wisconsin and earned
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Emily Wieder
Emily Wieder is completing her M.A. in French and Francophone Studies and plans to earn her Ph.D. in the same subject at the University of Iowa as
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Megan Lindmark
Megan Lindmark is an PhD Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, in the Sustainable Water Development Program. She is a member of the Just
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Stephanie Peterson
Stephanie Peterson is a third-year PhD student in Immunology. She graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2018 with a B.S. in Biomedical
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Ivy Debreceni
Ivy is a third-year Immunology PhD candidate studying under the mentorship of Dr. Scott Lieberman. She graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences
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Elmira Jangjou
Elmira Jangjou is a third-year Ph.D. student at the Educational Policy and Leadership Studies Department. Although she received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in
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Nyema Harmon
Nyema is originally from Yulee, a small town in Florida. He attended Purdue University where he obtained his B.S. in biochemistry with a minor in