Chemistry Master's Student Advances to 3MT Nationals
Villanova University graduate Chemistry student Eliana Uriona was the first runner-up at the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on April 28, 2023. Uriona advances to the Council of Graduate Schools national 3MT competition in December.
Uriona took First Place and the Audience Choice awards at the Villanova 3MT competition on February 24 in the Mullen Center for the Performing Arts for her presentation “Optimizing Biochar Properties for Heavy Metal Immobilization in Contaminated Soils.”
In 2020, Philosophy PhD student Katherine Kurtz qualified for 3MT nationals and was also first runner-up at the NAGS event.
Eliana Uriona - Villanova 3MT 2023
Eliana Uriona, MS in Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, "Optimizing Biochar Properties for Heavy Metal Immobilization in Contaminated Soils"
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