Final of the EPFL competition "My Thesis in 180 seconds"

The 14 PhD Students finalists of the competition My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT180) will present their research in simple, straightforward terms in 3 minutes exactly, in English or in French, using humour, metaphores and examples.
A jury made up of people from the scientific community and the broader science world, the business world and the media will decide between the doctoral candidates and award a prize to the three best candidates. The prizes are CHF 1000, CHF 700 and CHF 400 for the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places.

A special audience prize of CHF 400 will also be awarded by the public: come to learn more about EPFL research and vote for your favorite candidate !

This 10^th Edition of the EPFL Final My Thesis in 180 seconds is free and open to the public !

• 17h30: Opening of the doors, free entrance, registration
• 18h00: Beginning of the Final

1. Rohan Singh, « Diet, Glucose Responses, and the Microbiome: Patterns from a Digital Cohort on Personalized Nutrition », (Prof. Marcel Salathé, Digital Edidemiology Lab), English
2. Celia Hermoso Díaz, « DC-DC converter for data center power supply », (Prof. Drazen Dujic, Power Electronics Lab), English
3. Prabhu Prasad Swain, « Multiparametric 3D tomography using AFM and SEM », (Prof. Georg Fantner, Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation), English
4. Antoni Gralak, « Characterization of human transcription factors in a methylation sensitive context and deciphering their regulatory role at a single cell level », (Prof. Bart Deplancke, Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics), English
5. Giulia Ramella, « Contribution to effective assistance strategies to promote outdoor mobility for an ageing population », (Dr. Mohamed Bouri, Groupe de recherche réhabilitation et assistance robotique & Prof. Auke Ijspeert, laboratoire de biorobotique), Français
6. Jacopo Bilotto, « Rheology of non-spherical Particles with Applications to Food Processing », (Prof. Jean-François Molinari, Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory), English
7. Sruthi Raja, « Nutritional regulation of muscle stem cell mediated skeletal muscle growth during exercise and early-life weaning», (Dr. Jerome Feige, Nestlé Insitute of Health Science), English
8. Camille Lambert, « Paired, high-resolution single-cell imaging and sequencing for phenomic profiling of Circulating Tumour Cells», (Prof. Bart Deplancke, Laboratoire des systèmes biologiques et génétiques), Français
9. Mehdi Ali Gadiri, « MEMS sensor-integrated guidewire for pressure and flow analysis in endovascular interventions », (Prof. Selman Sakar, laboratoire de systèmes MicroBioRobotiques (EPFL) Prof. Olivier Muller, service de cardiologie (CHUV)), Français
10. Claire Paetsch, « Modeling Hydrogen-Metal interactions from first-principles », (Prof. Anirudh Raju Natarajan, Laboratory of Materials Design and Simulation), English
11. Ceren Kocaman, « Scalable Preparation of Membranes Based on Graphene with Å-scale Pores: Synthesis and Applications », (Prof. Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Laboratory of Advanced Separations), English
12. Roxane Ollivier, « Structure-properties relationships in tensegrity networks », (Prof. Sangwoo Kim, Laboratoire de mécanique des matériaux souples et biologiques), Français
13. Soroush Rafiei, « Self-Adjustable Valve for Glaucoma Treatment: From Concept to First-in-Human Validation », (Prof. Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology), English
14. Josephine Meibom, « Proteolytic inactivation of viruses in lakewater », (Prof. Tamar Kohn, Laboratoire de virologie environnementale), Français

• Ambrogio Fasoli, Prof. SB School and Provost
• Anne-Marie Kermarrec, Prof. IC School and AVP Doctoral & Liefelong Education
• Bastien Confino, Scientific Journalist RTS
• Charlotte Grossiord, TTA Prof. ENAC School
• Mauro Lattuada, Technology Transfer Manager
• Karen Scrivener, Professor STI School

• Anne-Laure Gannac, Journalist

• Annalisa Buffa, Associate Vice President for Research