MT180: Public Selections - 2nd series

This year some thirty EPFL doctoral students have entered the Ma thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) competition.

In three minutes, each student will present his or her research topic in simple terms to a non-specialist audience, in French or English. The aim of this popularization exercise is to present a clear, concise and  yet compelling explanation of their research project, supported by a single slide !

The selections are open to the public and take place on 21, 22 and 28 January. Unlike the final, the selections are not recorded for the public. Colleagues, friends, families, thesis directors, come to listen to them and encourage them!

IMPORTANT:

• Doors open to public at 12:00
• Selections begin at 12:15
• The public arriving after 12:15 is asked to wait outside until the room is opened (between two presentations) so that presenters are not disturbed.

1. Alessandro Marin Vargas, « Modeling the sensorimotor system with a task-driven modeling approach », (Prof. Alexander Mathis - Brain Mind Institute), English
2. Raziyeh Dadashi Motlagh, « Searching for Dark Matter with Dielectric Laser Accelerators », (Prof. Mike Seidel & Dr Rasmus Ischebeck - Particle Accelerator Physics Laboratory), English
3. Mostafa Othman, « Local nanoscale phase impurities in halide perovskite materials », (Prof. Aïcha Hessler-Wyser - Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory), English
4. Zahra Ayar, « High-speed Scanning ion conductance microscopy on neurons as a new in vitro platform for neuroregeneration », (Prof. Georg Fantner - Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation), English
5. Naveen Bhati, « High-throughput experimentation and optimization of perovskite solar cells », (Prof. François Maréchal - Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering), English
6. Brandon van Schaik, « Accurate wind measurements in complex terrain for wind energy production », (Prof. Michael Lehning - Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences), English
7. Vinitra Swamy, « Towards Trustworthy, Explainable, and Human-Centric AI », (Prof. Tanja Käser - Machine Learning for Education Laboratory & Prof. Martin Jaggi - Machine Learning and Optimization Laboratory), English
8. Giulia Frigo, « Assessing plastic waste flow at the neighborhood level in the Global South », (Prof. Claudia Binder - Laboratory of Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems), English
9. Ana Rico, « Reprogramming CAR T cell infiltration through design chemotatic biosensors », (Prof. Patrick Barth - Laboratory of Protein and Cell engineering), English
10. Vera Korchevnyuk, « Beam Separator for FLASH Electron Therapy Facilities », (Prof. Mike Seidel - Particle Accelerator Physics Laboratory), English
11. Tom Nelis, « Green Chemistry: Renewability as a Means for Safer Chemicals », (Prof. Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher - Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processes), English
12. Medha Raman, « Adaptation of motor synapses to long term changes in neurotransmission and the external environment », (Prof. Brian McCabe - Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease), English