2012 3MT Finalist Wins a PhD Comics Animation

While UBC’s Three Minute Thesis competition is already in the history books for 2012, graduate research rolls onward as ably demonstrated by UBC3MT2012 finalist and graduate student Baillie Redfern. This summer she entered a 2-minute audio version of her thesis presentation “Engineering the Perfect Perfume” to a Two-Minute Thesis contest sponsored by PHDcomics. And congratulations to Baillie, she won!

3MT@UBC2012 Finalist Baillie Redfern

Baillie’s presentation is one of twelve entries selected to become a two-minute animation, drawn by renowned cartoonist and PhD, Jorge Cham. The animation will be accompanied by an audio track of Baillie’s voice. Look for the finished animation to be aired on PHDtv sometime in the coming year. We’ll be sure to let you know when it is on-line and ready for viewing.

If you missed Baillie’s 3MT presentation and can’t wait for the animated version – check out her video and videos of the other 3MT finalists on our YouTube channel.

You can contact Baillie about her research via email: baillie.redfern@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter @BaillieRedfern.

Information on UBC’s 3MT event is posted at 3mt.grad.ubc.ca – information on the 2013 event coming soon.

You can see the other winners of the PHD comics competition here: http://www.phdcomics.com/tv/2minute/winners.php.