Participants and Results
Graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to compete in the Queen's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition held each year. Our Postdoctoral Fellows, although not part of the competition, are being given a chance to see how they can explain their research in three minutes too. Participants have been posted in no particular order, highlighting their program and their research.
Want to see the presentations for yourself? Check them out last years here!
Heat 1 - Tuesday 18th March, 12noon in Mitchell Hall, Event Commons
Heat 2 - Wednesday 19th March, 12noon in Mitchell Hall, Event Commons
Heat 3 - Thursday 20th March, 12noon in Mitchell Hall, Event Commons
Final - Wednesday 26th March, 5pm in Kinesiology 101
Peter Sproule
Doctoral student in Art History
Presentation Title: Masculine Fashion Culture in Post-war Germany
Ethan Januszkiewicz
Master's in Neuroscience
Presentation Title: Tracking Muscle Brain Communication: Extracellular Vesicles the Packages of Our Body’s Postal System
Logan Germain
Doctoral student in Biomedical & Molecular Science
Presentation Title: Unravelling the hidden influence of early-life chemical exposures on disease outcomes
Bhavya Bogra
Doctoral student in Geography & Planning
Presentation Title: Are Our Cities Ready For The Silver Tsunami?
Matti Mcfarlane
Doctoral student in Translational Medicine
Presentation Title: It isn't easy being wheezy: Lessons Learned from the Provider Asthma Assessment Form
Nawanjani Pathinayake
Master's in Biology
Presentation Title: The molecular consequences of wildfire smoke exposure
Nasim Fadaie
Doctoral student in Chemical Engineering
Presentation Title: From Protein Waste to Clean Water
Danielle Harper
Doctoral student in Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Presentation Title: No calpain, no gain: a new target for metastatic breast cancer
Scott Davidson
Master's in Neuroscience
Presentation Title: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis in Conjunction with Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
Tanvi Nandani
Master's in Biomedical Informatics
Presentation Title: PhClinomics - Creating a Pulmonary Hypertension Community Resource to Explore Clinical, and Pre-clinical Omic data
Dilakshan Srikanthan
Doctoral student in Translational Medicine
Presentation Title: Real-Time Tumor Detection in Brain Surgery
Results from Heat 1:
First Place: Dilakshan Srikanthan (Translational Medicine)
Second Place: Ethan Januszkiewicz (Neuroscience)
Third Place: Scott Davidson (Neuroscience)
People's Choice: Ethan Januszkiewicz (Neuroscience)
Scott Davidson
Master's in Neuroscience
Presentation Title: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis in Conjunction with Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
Master's in Neuroscience
Presentation Title: Tracking Muscle Brain Communication: Extracellular Vesicles the Packages of Our Body’s Postal System
Cheryl Lee-Yow
Doctoral student in Education
Presentation Title: Signed, Sealed, Delivered?: What’s Really Happening in Canada’s Child Care Funding System?
Master's in Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Presentation Title: Small Simulation Cells, Big Speedups
Doctoral student in Geography
Presentation Title: Is there life on Mars?
Dilakshan Srikanthan
Doctoral student in Translational Medicine
Presentation Title: Real-Time Tumor Detection in Brain Surgery
Judges: Miguel Hahn (Career Services), Susan Korba (Student Academic Success Services), Karalyn McRae (Centre for Teaching & Learning)
Results from Heat 2:
First Place: Danielle Harper (Pathology & Molecular Medicine)
Second Place: Nawanjani Pathinayake (Biology)
Third Place: Matti Mcfarlane (Translational Medicine)
People's Choice: Danielle Harper (Pathology & Molecular Medicine)
Ali Ahmadi
Doctoral student in Management
Presentation Title: Competitive Surprise: a multidisciplinary approach
Bhavya Bogra
Doctoral student in Geography & Planning
Presentation Title: Are Our Cities Ready For The Silver Tsunami?
Danielle Harper
Doctoral student in Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Presentation Title: No calpain, no gain: a new target for metastatic breast cancer
Matti Mcfarlane
Doctoral student in Translational Medicine
Presentation Title: It isn't easy being wheezy: Lessons Learned from the Provider Asthma Assessment Form
Nawanjani Pathinayake
Master's in Biology
Presentation Title: The molecular consequences of wildfire smoke exposure
Master's in Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Presentation Title: Detonation Modulation: Regularizing the Next Generation of Engines
Doctoral student in Civil Engineering
Presentation Title: The Promise of Clay: A Solution to PFAS Contamination?
Master's in Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Presentation Title: Where Fun Meets Flame: What Bubbles Can Reveal About Detonations
Judges: Nathalie Soini (Queen's Library), Catarina Chagas (VP Research Office), Mark Swartz (Queen's Library)
Results from Heat 3:
First Place: Logan Germain (Biomedical & Molecular Sciences)
Second Place: Tanvi Nandani (Biomedical Informatics)
Third Place: Peter Sproule (Art History)
People's Choice: Logan Germain (Biomedical & Molecular Sciences)
Nasim Fadaie
Doctoral student in Chemical Engineering
Presentation Title: Sustainable Protein Aerogels for Wastewater Contaminant Removal
Doctoral student in Biomedical & Molecular Science
Presentation Title: Unravelling the hidden influence of early-life chemical exposures on disease outcomes
Fahime Karami
Master's in Geography
Presentation Title: Can AI predict depression storms before they hit?
Tanvi Nandani
Master's in Biomedical Informatics
Presentation Title: PhClinomics - Creating a Pulmonary Hypertension Community Resource to Explore Clinical, and Pre-clinical Omic data
Ashkan Rashvand
Doctoral student in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Presentation Title: Safe Home‑based Upper Limb Post‑stroke Robotic Rehabilitation
Peter Sproule
Doctoral student in Art History
Presentation Title: Masculine Fashion Culture in Post-war Germany
Judges: Sara Montgomery (Institutional Research & Planning), Barb Lotan (HREO), Kelly Blair Matuk (VP Research Office)