EPFL Final 2026

EPFL Finalists of the 10th Edition of the "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" Competition.
Watch or rewatch the Final of 19 March 2026
EPFL Winners
- Rohan Singh, « Diet, Glucose Responses, and the Microbiome: Patterns from a Digital Cohort on Personalized Nutrition », (Prof. Marcel Salathé, Digital Edidemiology Lab), English
- Celia Hermoso Díaz, « DC-DC converter for data center power supply », (Prof. Drazen Dujic, Power Electronics Lab), English
- Prabhu Prasad Swain, « Multiparametric 3D tomography using AFM and SEM », (Prof. Georg Fantner, Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation), English
- Antoni Gralak, « Characterization of human transcription factors in a methylation sensitive context and deciphering their regulatory role at a single cell level », (Prof. Bart Deplancke, Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics), English
- Giulia Ramella, « Contribution to effective assistance strategies to promote outdoor mobility for an ageing population », (Dr. Mohamed Bouri, Groupe de recherche réhabilitation et assistance robotique & Prof. Auke Ijspeert, laboratoire de biorobotique), Français
- Jacopo Bilotto, « Rheology of non-spherical Particles with Applications to Food Processing », (Prof. Jean-François Molinari, Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory), English
- Sruthi Raja, « Nutritional regulation of muscle stem cell mediated skeletal muscle growth during exercise and early-life weaning», (Dr. Jerome Feige, Nestlé Insitute of Health Science), English
- Camille Lambert, « Paired, high-resolution single-cell imaging and sequencing for phenomic profiling of Circulating Tumour Cells», (Prof. Bart Deplancke, Laboratoire des systèmes biologiques et génétiques), Français
- Mehdi Ali Gadiri, « MEMS sensor-integrated guidewire for pressure and flow analysis in endovascular interventions », (Prof. Selman Sakar, laboratoire de systèmes MicroBioRobotiques (EPFL) Prof. Olivier Muller, service de cardiologie (CHUV)), Français
- Claire Paetsch, « Modeling Hydrogen-Metal interactions from first-principles », (Prof. Anirudh Raju Natarajan, Laboratory of Materials Design and Simulation), English
- Ceren Kocaman, « Scalable Preparation of Membranes Based on Graphene with Å-scale Pores: Synthesis and Applications », (Prof. Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Laboratory of Advanced Separations), English
- Roxane Ollivier, « Structure-properties relationships in tensegrity networks », (Prof. Sangwoo Kim, Laboratoire de mécanique des matériaux souples et biologiques), Français
- Soroush Rafiei, « Self-Adjustable Valve for Glaucoma Treatment: From Concept to First-in-Human Validation », (Prof. Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology), English
- Josephine Meibom, « Proteolytic inactivation of viruses in lakewater », (Prof. Tamar Kohn, Laboratoire de virologie environnementale), Français
- Ambrogio Fasoli, Prof. Faculty SB, Provost
- Anne-Marie Kermarrec, Prof. Faculty IC, AVP Doctoral and Lifelong Education
- Karen Scrivener, Prof. Faculty STI
- Bastien Confino, Scientific Journalist RTS
- Mauro Lattuada, Technology Transfer Manager
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