EPFL Final 2023
EPFL Finalists of the 7th Edition of the "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" Competition
Watch or rewatch the Final of 30 March 2023
EPFL Winners
- Eugénie Mas, «Impact of tree species interactions on tree water relations under warmer and drier climate», Labo écologie végétale ( Charlotte Grossiord), Français
- Armand Kurum, «Cancer biomechanics in immunotherapy», Biomaterials for Immunoengineering Lab (Prof. Li Tang), English
- Gaétan Raynaud, «Characterization and control of slender flexible structures interacting with flows», Labo de diagnostic des écoulements instationnaires ( Karen Mulleners), Français
- Lucie Chanvillard, «Balancing NAD+ Metabolism and Senescence in Chronic Kidney Disease», Institute of Health Sciences, Nestlé Research ( Jerome Feige), Français
- Anna McCann, « Finding information-rich electrocardiographic biomarkers to characterize atrial fibrillation», Labo traitement des signaux 2 (Dr Jean-Marc Vesin), Français
- Yamin Sepehri, «Smart Edge in Hierarchical Vision Systems», Signal Processing Lab 4 and CSEM (Prof. Pascal Frossard and Dr Andrea Dunbar), English
- Outman Akouissi, «Advanced peripheral nerve interfaces», Chaire Fondation Bertarelli en neuro-ingénierie translationnelle (Prof. Silvestro Micera et Stéphanie Lacour), Français
- Dorian Herle, “NEMS optomechanical switches for reflective display applications”, Advanced Nano-electromechanical Systems Lab (Prof. Guillermo Villanueva), English – Absent le jour de la finale
- Doris Di Natale, «Physics-inspired Deep Learning for Building Modeling and Control», Automatic Control Lab 3 (Prof. Colin Neil Jones), English
- Chuen-Ru Li, «Selectively permeable microcapsules», Soft Materials Lab (Prof. Esther Amstad), English
- Anita Bodac, «Targeting innate immunity aging to fight lung cancer», Labo Approches moléculaires du vivant & ISREC (Prof. Etienne Meylan & Freddy Radtke), Français
- Nils Kalbfuss, «Dissecting centriole fate during elegans development», Cell and Developmental Biology Lab (Prof. Pierre Gönczy), English
- Eva Baur, «Granular elastomers for 3D printing applications», Labo de la matière molle (Prof. Esther Amstad), Français
- Sara Behjati, «Designing DNA wrapped single-walled carbon nanotube optical biosensors for cancer biomarker detection», Nanobiotechnology Lab ( Ardemis Boghossian), English
- Gisou van der Goot, President of the Jury, Professor at the Faculty SV and Vice President for Responsible Transformation at EPFL
- Ambrogio Fasoli, Jury Member, Professor at the Faculty SB and Associate Vice President for Research at EPFL
- Marilyne Andersen, Jury Member, Professor at the Faculty ENAC and President of the Committee EPFL Fribourg
- Mauro Lattuada, Jury Member, Technology Transfer Manager à l’EPFL
- Jelena Kovacevic, Jury Member, Responsible for the foundation Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CVCI)
- Bastien Confino, Jury Member, Scientific Journalist RTS
Pictures
Swiss Final
Gaétan Raynaud (34:32), Anita Bodac (1:17:34) and Eva Baur (1:25:53) were at the Swiss Final of the Competition “Ma thèse en 180 secondes” that took place on 29 June 2023 at UNIL.
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