2021 3-Minute Thesis Competition

On April 17, 2021, Yale celebrated the diverse and innovate research of Ph.D students who presented their work in just 3 minutes using a single slide in Yale’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition.  This year, we welcomed the following panel of judges:

  • Lynn Cooley, Dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Victoria Bjorklund, ’77 PhD Medieval Studies, Chair, Robin Hood Foundation
  • Bhaskar Ghosh, ’94 PhD Computer Science, Partner & CTO, 8VC

Seventeen Ph.D. students, including six of the finalists, completed  the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning’s Public Communications Certificate as part of their training for the competition.

2021 Winners

First Place – Matthew Ellis (Cellular & Molecular Physiology):  Using Stem Cells to Model and Treat Cardiovascular Disease


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TIE* Second Place & Audience Selection:  Best in STEM – Malena Rice (Astronomy):  Searching for Planet Nine with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite


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TIE* Second Place – Jake Heinlein (Chemical and Environmental Engineering):  From Waste to Fuel – Discovering How to Utilize a Greenhouse Gas


Third Place & Audience Selection:  Best in Humanities & Social Sciences – Dana Hayward (Sociology): 
The Social Impact of Close Votes

 

You can view all of our finalists’ videos, as well as the awards ceremony, via the Office of Career Strategy YouTube channel.

This annual event is sponsored by the Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, with generous support from the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA) through a gift by GSAA board member Kemal Ciliz ’95 MA (International and Development Economics). It is modeled on the 3MT® competition founded by the University of Queensland.