College of Graduate Studies

2019 3MT® Competition

challengers

Name & Degree	Name & Degree	Name & Degree
Md Farhadul Islam: MS in Mechanical Engineering	Mohammadresa Nematollahi: PhD in Engineering	Maura Graves: PhD in Biology
Michaela Margida: PhD in Ecology	Stephanie Nummer: PhD in Biology	Mohcen ShahbazNeshad: PhD in Engineering
Keyvan Safaei: PhD in Engineering	Radhika Koranne: PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology	Indra Subedi: PhD in Physics
Abhishek Poddar: PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology	Iman Tassavvor: MSBS in Medical Sciences	Hallie Dolin: PhD in Immunology
Robin Su: MD/PhD in Molecular Medicine	Pranav Patel, PharmD, RPh: MS in Health Outcomes and Socioeconomic Sciences	Gabriel Kreider-Letterman: PhD in Biological Sciences
Jin Chen: PhD in Biomedical Sciences	Rachel Golonoka: PhD in Biomedical Sciences	Daniyah Almarghalani: PhD in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Briana Zellner: PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology	Gayatri Subramanian: PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology	Ethel Tackie-Yarboi: PhD in Medicinal and Biological Chemistry

finalists

Name, Degree & Advisor	Presentation Title
ABHISHEK PODDAR, PHD IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: DR. QIAN CHEN	Role of Calcium in Cell Division and its Implication in Human Polycystic Kidney Disease
ROBIN SU, MD/PHD IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE:            DRS. DAVID KENNEDY & STEVEN HALLER	The Search for Diagnostic Biomarkers of Microcystin-Induced Liver Damage
DANIYAH ALMARGHALANI, PHD IN EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS: DR. ZAHOOR SHAH	Gene Therapy as a Novel Therapeutic Intervention for Hemorrhagic Stroke
ETHEL TACKIE-YARBOI, PHD IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY: DR. ISAAC SCHEIFER	Understanding Furoxans' Mechanism of Action Using Photoreactive Techniques
MAURA GRAVES, PHD IN BIOLOGY: DR. SCOTT CRAWLEY	Understanding How the Intestine Creates its Nutrient-Apsorptive Surface
RACHEL GOLONKA, PHD IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES:      DR. MATAM VIJAY-KUMAR	Bile Acids - Your Best Frenemy
GAYATRI SUBRAMANIAN, PHD IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY: DR. SAURABH CHATTOPADHYA	TDRD7 - A Superhero Protein
MICHAELA MARGIDA, PHD IN ECOLOGY: DR. DARYL MOORHEAD	Can Math Save the Planet?

winners

first place

Gayatri subramanian: TDRD7 - A superhero Protein

RUNNER - UP

Robin Su: The Search for Diagnostic Biomarkers of Microcystin-Induced Liver Damage

PEOPLE'S CHOICE

Rachel Golonka: Bile Acids - Your Best Frenemy