The Three Minute Thesis (3MT^®) Competition 2022 of HKU was successfully held in a virtual format in April – June, 2022. This year 32 PhD, MPhil and PD students participated in the competition by submitting their presentation videos to compete for 3 prizes decided by the adjudicating panel. Moreover, the Online People’s Choice Award will be awarded to the candidate who received the most ‘LIKE’ votes on YouTube^#.

The 3MT was developed by The University of Queensland, Australia in 2008. It is an academic competition that challenges RPg students to explain their research within 3 minutes to a general audience. 3MT celebrates the discoveries made by RPg students and encourages them to develop the skills to communicate the importance of their research to the broader community.

Congratulations to all the winners of the HKU 3MT Competition 2022. They are:

Champion
Name: Mr Walton Man To CHAN
Degree Registered: MPhil
Faculty: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Presentation Title: A Superbug’s Secret Weapon Against Our Final Drugs
Primary Supervisor: Prof Susanna Lau

First Runner-up
Name: Mr Bovern Suchart ARROMRAK
Degree Registered: PhD
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Presentation Title: Is a “hungry” bacteria a “picky-eater”?
Primary Supervisor: Dr Juan Diego Gaitan-Espitia

Second Runner-up
Name: Ms Ka Hei CHEUNG
Degree Registered: MPhil
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Presentation Title: Bioplastic: from a novel solution to a nano pollution?
Primary Supervisor: Dr Christelle Not

Online People’s Choice Award
Name: Ms Isha VERMA
Degree Registered: PhD
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Presentation Title: Why social justice matters in teacher education?
Primary Supervisor: Dr Margaret M. Lo

The HKU 3MT Competition is jointly organised by the Graduate School and KEO. All the candidates’ presentation videos can be viewed here.

# please note that the number of ‘LIKE’s have been adjusted by KEO and YouTube to remove the ‘LIKE’s that are questionable.