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We are excited to announce SFU's 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) finalists.
Join us for the final competition and watch these outstanding graduate students present their work in just three minutes!
SFU Surrey on April 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM (PT) and livestreamed.
MEET OUR FINALISTS
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Deborah is a Graduate Liberal Studies Master's student. Three research keywords: Dementia, Life-writing, Crosswords.
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Erin is a master's student in Geography. Three research keywords: Rivers, Constrictions, Sediment.
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Grace is a Physics master's student. Research keywords: Arctic, Geophysics, Permafrost.
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Jeremy is a Applied and Computational Mathematics doctoral student. Research keywords: Healthcare Operations Research, Mathematical Modelling, Machine Learning.
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Jonas is a Earth Sciences doctoral student. Research keywords: Permafrost, Sediment Transport, Climate Change.
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Kumar is a PhD student researching medical image analysis methods for dermatological applications, particularly, skin cancer detection. (Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship)
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Maggie is a School of Criminology Master's student. Three research keywords: wrongful convictions & forensic science.
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Negar is a Sustainable Energy Engineering doctoral student. Three research keywords: Transportation, Emission, Cold climate.
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Nima is a Molecular Biology and Biochemistry master's student. Research keywords: Wastewater, Public health, Data science.
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Sadra is a Mechatronic Systems Engineering master's student. Three research keywords: Inertial Sensors, Engineering Optimization, Computational Mechanics.
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Stella is a Biological Sciences master's student. Research keywords: Microbial ecology, Bioinformatics, Public health.
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Tomos is a Political Science Master's student. Three research keywords: Interdisciplinary, Timely and Actionable.
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Zahraa is a Public Policy Master's student. Three research keywords: Fertility gap, employment, policy.
Plus, two competitors from the Faculty of Education.
Their profiles are coming soon!
Also, check out this year's Judging Panel
Our esteemed panel of judges include: an inaugural SFU 3MT contestant and current Chief Partnerships and Growth Officer at an Canadian owned environmental consulting firm; a Site Director for Microsoft's R+D campus in Vancouver; and, SFU's Vice-President, Research and Innovation.