UGA’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges graduate students to explain their research to non-specialist audiences in the space of just three minutes. The winner takes home $1,000 and can represent UGA at the regional 3MT competition. Master’s and Doctoral students are eligible.
Final Competition:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Morton Theatre (Downtown Athens)
This is a free event and is open to everyone!
Learn more!
Fall 2025 Finalists:
Anshul – Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, “Peanuts: The Uncrushed Oil Potential”
Allison Arne – College of Veterinary Medicine, “Cats and Kidney Disease”
Kendall Clay – Cellular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, “That’s DOPe: Uncovering the Mystery of Dopamine Neuron Regeneration in Planarians”
Hadley Copeland – Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, “Risk Runs Downstream: Managing Forested Watersheds”
Margaret Lemons – Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, “Unraveling the Sticky Web: How the Body’s Defense Can Go Wrong in Babies”
Addi Mavengere – Workforce Education and Instructional Technology, Mary Frances Early College of Education, “Attention! Listen to What the Eyes Say”
Vijay Mohakar – Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, “From Nature to Knee: A New Era of Viscosupplementation”
Athar Yeganeh Neysiani – Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, “Shedding Light on Hidden Dangers in Our Homes”
Asghar Sedaghat – Poultry Science, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, “The Tale of Laying Hens Told by Immune Markers”
Cameron Wysocky – Psychology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, “Eat Your Greens: How Plant Pigments Help Us See Farther”
