Congratulations to Favour Nerrise, PhD candidate! She is one of ten finalists that will present their research at Stanford’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on April 17, 2025.

The event, which supports the development of graduate-led research and students’ capacity to explain their research to a lay audience, will be held on April 17 at Hauck Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m. Stanford President Jonathan Levin will serve as emcee, and it will be Vice Provost for Graduate Education Ken Goodson’s first public event since his appointment earlier this month.

The finalists represent four of Stanford’s seven schools and were selected from a pool of applicants from across the university. They were selected based on self-submitted videos in which applicants presented their research verbally without the help of props, presentation slides, or supporting visuals.

Condoleezza Rice, the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution; Martin Shell, Stanford vice president and chief external relations officer; Michele Rasmussen, vice provost for student affairs; David Studdert, vice provost and dean of research; and W.E. Moerner, the Harry S. Mosher Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and 2014 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, will serve as judges at the event. The event is open to the Stanford community, and audience members will have a chance to vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Register to attend.

Please join us in congratulating Favour on this achievement!

Excerpted from Stanford Report, 'Finalists chosen for Stanford’s first Three Minute Thesis competition’