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

  1. Rohan Singh, « Diet, Glucose Responses, and the Microbiome: Patterns from a Digital Cohort on Personalized Nutrition », (Prof. Marcel Salathé, Digital Edidemiology Lab), English
  2. Celia Hermoso Díaz, « DC-DC converter for data center power supply », (Prof. Drazen Dujic, Power Electronics Lab), English
  3. Prabhu Prasad Swain, « Multiparametric 3D tomography using AFM and SEM », (Prof. Georg Fantner, Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation), English
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Jacopo Bilotto, « Rheology of non-spherical Particles with Applications to Food Processing », (Prof. Jean-François Molinari, Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory), English
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Claire Paetsch, « Modeling Hydrogen-Metal interactions from first-principles », (Prof. Anirudh Raju Natarajan, Laboratory of Materials Design and Simulation), English
  11. 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
  12. Roxane Ollivier, « Structure-properties relationships in tensegrity networks », (Prof. Sangwoo Kim, Laboratoire de mécanique des matériaux souples et biologiques), Français
  13. 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
  14. 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

Our sincere thanks to the EPFL Plus Foundation for its invaluable support for MT180 (the coaching, selections, Final), and to Garrett for its sponsorship for the audience award.

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