2025 3MT Winners | The Graduate School | Georgia State University

A graduate student presenting during the final round competition.

A student presenting during the final round competition.

A student during a final round competition presentation.

3MT winner posing with friends and family.

GSU Leadership talking at the 3MT event.

Congratulations to 2025's winners of the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT™) competition. Special thanks to our panel of judges and to everyone who cast their vote for the People’s Choice winners.

For more information about the Three Minute Thesis Competition, visit The Graduate School's 3MT website.

View the 2025 3MT Winners and their presentations below.

Master's Winners

1^stPlace

Aduragbemi Alabi

Thesis Title: Induction of pyroptosis by coronaviruses using MHV-infected fibroblast cells

VIEW ADURAGBEMI ALABI'S PRESENTATION

2^nd Place (and People's Choice Winner-Tie)

Jini Jung

Thesis Title: Exploring Graduate Students' Perception of the Diverse Uses of GenAI

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3^rd Place

Olivia Basant

Thesis Title: Rectifying the Aza-BODIPY Achilles Heel: The Story to Diversification and Rationale-Based Design for Tuning the NIR Potential Bioimaging Applications

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People's Choice (Tie)

Oluwapelumi Kolade

Thesis Title: What Factors Influence CEO Compensation? A Data-Driven Approach

VIEW OLUWAPELUMI KOLADE'S PRESENTATION