2024 3MT Finalist

Israel Wipf
Born and raised in South Dakota, Israel Wipf is a PhD candidate in Cell and Developmental Biology working in the lab of Dr. Tina Tootle. His thesis

Ti-Ara Turner
Ti-Ara is from Montgomery, Alabama, where she developed a deep appreciation for wildlife and nature. Driven by her passion for science, she earned a

Bronwyn Stewart
Bronwyn Stewart is a PhD candidate in English, studying feminist and queer performance practices in the late 20th-century. Her dissertation explores

Shobhan Roy
Shobhan is a doctoral student working with Prof. H. S. Udaykumar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his undergraduate studies

Shanari Rathnayake
Shanari is originally from Sri Lanka, pursued her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at University of Sri Jayewardenepura. She carried out her

Winter Philibert
Winter started her love for research at an early age following her father around the lab and eventually getting to help on a project in her high

Misty Perez
Misty Perez is originally from Whittier, California. She did her undergraduate degree at Whittier College, where she majored in Biology and minored in

Jordan Mayberry
Jordan Mayberry is a third-year Genetics PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Markus Kuehn in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Sun Joo Lee
Sun Joo Lee is a board-certified music therapist and the director of Tremble Clefs in Arizona and Iowa, a choir for individuals with Parkinson’s

Akansha Jain
After my undergraduate research experiences and postbaccalaureate training at the National Institutes of Health, I committed to a career in academic

Mavis Gyesi
Mavis Gyesi is originally from Ghana, West Africa. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Educational Policy and Leadership Studies Department in the Higher

Kaitriana Colling
Kaitriana (Katie) Colling is a third-year Cancer Biology PhD candidate under the mentorship of Dr. Kristi Thiel. Her thesis project focuses on