FAU 2021 3MT Thesis Competition Preliminary Round Winners

Congratulations to the following Biological Sciences graduate students for placing in the preliminary round of the 3MT Thesis Competition!

 

First Place Round 3  

Kate Schlepr 

IB PHD 

The problem is global. The solution is to quantify our optimism 

Dale E. Gawlik, Ph.D and Sarah L. Milton, Ph.D. 

Runner-up 

Round 3  

Steven Lombardo  

IB PHD  

Resolving habitat gaps for bonefish conservation across Florida and The Bahamas  

Matthew J. Ajemian, Ph.D.  

Second Runner-up (tie) 

Round 3  

Brianna Cahill  

MS Marine  

A Comprehensive Diet Description for the Whitespotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) in Florida Coastal Waters  

Matthew Ajemian, Ph.D.  

Second Runner-up (tie)  

Round 3  

Morgan Slevin  

IB PHD  

Get off my lawn! Testing the impact of social stress on a territorial songbird’s health and gut microbiome  

Rindy C. Anderson, Ph.D  

People's Choice  

Ivan Heerdegen  

MS Biology  

Just Keep Swimming  

Marianne E. Porter, Ph.D.  

Second Runner-up (tie) 

 Round 4 

Nirthieca Suthakaran 

IB PHD 

The Effects of STXBP1 in Infant Epilepsy 

Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D.