2022 3MT Finalist

Konna Zoga

Finalist

Konna Zoga, which is short for Paraskevi Konstantina Zoga, is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering. She was born and raised in

Konna Zoga

Konna Zoga

Finalist

Konna Zoga, which is short for Paraskevi Konstantina Zoga, is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering. She was born and raised in

Piyumi Wijesirigunawardana

Piyumi Wijesitigunawardana

Finalist

Piyumi Wijesirigunawardana hails from the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka. She pursued her undergraduate studies in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at

Austin Santhin

Austin Santhin

Finalist

Austin is a second-year graduate student in the Immunology program. He works in the lab of Dr. Steven Varga, who studies both the innate and adaptive

Nimesh Pasan Ranasinghe

Nimesh Pasan Ransinghe

Finalist

Nimesh Ranasinghe is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at the University of Iowa. He is originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka and earned his B.S in

Riley Post

Riley Post

Winner

Riley Post grew up on a small farm outside of Blue Grass, IA. He completed an undergraduate and master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the

Winter Philibert

Winter Philibert

Honorable Mention

Winter Philibert is a first-year Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student in the Department of Internal Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Mahmoud Abou

Vingie Ng

Vingie Ng

Finalist

Vingie is a PhD candidate in the Human Toxicology Program studying vaping (e-cigarette use) using translational mouse models. She graduated with a

Tahsin Khataei

Tahsin Khataei

Finalist

Tahsin is from Sanandaj, a beautiful mountainous city in the west of Iran. Tahsin is a Neuromuscular Exercise Physiologist who is currently working

Berkley Conner

Berkley Conner

Finalist

Berkley is a PhD candidate in Communication Studies with a graduate certificate in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. Her work is at the

Amanda Heiderscheit

Amanda Heiderscheit

Finalist

Amanda is a third-year PhD candidate in Immunology under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Smith. Prior to attending graduate school at the University of

Jace Heath

Jace Heath

Finalist

Jace Heath is a third year PhD candidate in the Immunology and Microbiology program at the University of Iowa. Jace graduated from the University of