Meghan Gage is a fifth-year Ph.D. student studying neuroscience. Learn more about Meghan below, and watch her Three Minute Thesis presentation, "Epilepsy: Disease Mitigation via Neuroinflammatory Pathways," on Oct. 28 at 6 p.m.
Kate Borchardt, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is a finalist in this year's final Three Minute Thesis (3MT) for the second year in a row. Learn more about Kate and her 3MT presentation, "ISU Prairie Strip Honey: Status and Future," below.
Abesh Bera is in his fifth year of the microbiology doctoral program at Iowa State. His Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation, which he will deliver in the final round of Iowa State's 3MT competition on Oct. 28, is titled "Remote Spatial Coordination Within Cytoskeleton Regulates Timing of Cell Division." Ahead of the competition, Abesh answered questions about his graduate studies about Iowa State.
Q: What brought you to Iowa State?
Dr. John Seitz, a graduate of Iowa State’s Ph.D. program in Rural, Agricultural, Technological, and Environmental History, received a 2021 Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation. Every year, the Graduate College gives this accolade to two students with superior dissertations in rotating disciplines.
Dr. Amrit Venkatesh, a graduate of Iowa State’s doctoral program in chemistry, has won the Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research.
Dr. Mark Hartman, an alumnus of Iowa State’s doctoral program in kinesiology, has been awarded with the Graduate College’s Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation. Each spring, the Graduate College awards the Karas Award to two students with superior dissertations in rotating disciplinary fields.
After a year of studying COVID-19 in real time, four Iowa State University graduate students have been awarded for their efforts to combat the pandemic through research.
Four Iowa State University graduate students have been awarded for their commitment to supporting student learning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaishali Todi is a third-year graduate student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Her 3MT presentation is titled "Understanding DNA segregation to improve cancer treatments." Learn more about Vaishali below.
Q: What brought you to Iowa State?
Ramya Srinivasan is a third-year graduate student in Aerospace Engineering. Her 3MT presentation is titled "Cooling of Football Helmets." Learn more about Ramya below.
Q: What brought you to Iowa State?
