Nine Cornell research degree students will be advancing to the final round of the 2026 Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT), having competed in a pool of 23 students in the preliminary round. The students and their fields are:
- Subash Bhandari, biomedical engineering
- Neti Bhatt, physics
- Aminat Ibrahim, biomedical engineering
- Abbey Kalay, biomedical and biological sciences
- Katherine Koebel, biomedical and biological sciences
- Delia Tota, microbiology
- Jonathan Segal, information science
- Pia Spychalla, plant breeding and genetics
- Ellen van Wijngaarden, mechanical engineering
The final competition will be held live at 251 Malott Hall on Wednesday, March 18 at 3 p.m., and all Cornell community members are invited to attend. A Zoom option will be available for audience members unable to attend in person.
A panel of judges with connections to the Cornell community will evaluate students on how well they presented a compelling story on their thesis or dissertation and its significance in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience with the aid of only one, static slide, and audience members will vote to select the People’s Choice Award winner.
Learn more about the 3MT and register to attend.
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