2016 Three Minute Thesis Finalists Announced

The UF Graduate School would again like to thank all 41 of our Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competitors for their participation in the four preliminary rounds. From a pool of all total scores, 10 finalists and two alternates have been chosen to compete in the final 2016 Three Minute Thesis Competition on March 29^th at 2 p.m. in the Reitz Union Auditorium. Attendance is open to the public, and we hope to see you there.

The 2016 3MT finalists are:

Pengxu Qi
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Dissertation Title: Synthesis of biorenewable and water degradable polyesters: from green birth to green death

Shannon Keleher
Ph.D. Student in Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: A Comparative Study of the Efficacy of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy with Female Trauma Survivors

Natasha Sng
Ph.D. Student in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dissertation Title: Discovering Unknown Plant Genes in Space

Sudeshna Chatterjee
Ph.D. Student in Rehabilitation Science
Dissertation Title: Does sympathetic arousal measured by skin conductance objectively quantify mobility self-efficacy?

Harold Knowles
Ph.D. Student in Interdisciplinary Ecology
Dissertation Title: Home is Where the Heart is: Finding Pattern and Meaning in Short Interval Residential Electric Smart Meter Data

Andrea Lin
Ph.D. Student in Medical Sciences
Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of Combination Therapy Using ATG+GCSF for Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes

Rebecca Williams
Ph.D. Student in Interdisciplinary Ecology
Dissertation Title: No Time for All Things: The Influence of Eco-Stoves on Women's Time-Poverty and Agency in Intibucá, Honduras

Kendra Krietsch
Ph.D. Student in Psychology
Dissertation Title: Impact of Sleep Timing on Dietary Intake and Physical Activity in Youth: An Experimental N-of-1 Sleep Manipulation

Stephen Chrzanowski
Ph.D. Student in Medical Sciences
Dissertation Title: Optical Imaging of Damaged and Dystrophic Muscle

Allysha Winburn
Ph.D. Student in Anthropology
Dissertation Title: Skeletal Age Estimation in Modern U.S. Adults:  The Effects of Activity, Body Mass, and Osteoarthritis on Age-Related Changes in the Acetabulum

Juan Felipe Paniagua-Arroyave ALTERNATE #1
Ph.D. Student in Geology
Dissertation Title: Physical interactions among waves, tides, and complex shelf bathymetry: Implications for coastal geomorphologic evolution

Jennifer Dennis ALTERNATE #2
Ph.D. Student in Nutritional Sciences
Dissertation Title: Probiotics (Lactobacillus gasseri KS-13, Bifidobacterium bifidum G9-1, and Bifidobacterium longum MM-2) and health-related quality of life in individuals with seasonal allergies.