2022 3MT WINNERS

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On November 18, twelve graduate students competed for cash prizes as they presented their research in three minutes with one slide.

The competition took place at Rowe Auditorium with a public composed of varied audiences: students, professors, politicians, and personalities working in different companies in the Charlotte area. A live stream allowed relatives, family, and friends to watch competitors in real-time and vote for them (The People’s Choice Awards).

76 students signed up to participate in the 2022 competition. The finalists were chosen from a field of 48 students who participated in the preliminary rounds.

The judges for the finals were:

  • Kim Henderson, System Chief of Staff to CEO and Enterprise Patient Experience Officer, Novant Health
  • Susan Clifford, HR Leadership Partner, Equitable
  • Tobe Holmes, Planning and Development Director, University City Partners
  • John Searby, Executive Director, Catawba Riverkeeper

Louie Alexander (MS in Bioinformatics): 1st Place

 Presentation Title: “Identifying Sorghum Plant Genes to Improve Biofuel Production”.

Click here to watch his presentation!

Brittany Glover (Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision): 2nd Place

Presentation Title: “Color Me: School Counselors Going Beyond ‘Kids Don’t See Color’”.

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Jade Takakuwa (MS in Bioinformatics): 3rd Place

 Presentation Title: “Annotation and Characterization of the Newly Assembled Pitcher Plant Mosquito Genome”

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Jannatul Ferdous (Ph.D. in Bioinformatics): People’s Choice award

Presentation Title: “Journey from Eww to Wow”

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