Diogo Ferreira wins the third edition of the U.Porto 3MT 2024
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BIOPOLIS researcher Diogo Ferreira is the winner of the U.Porto 3MT® (Three Minute Thesis), a competition which, over the last few months, has tested the ability of U.Porto's doctoral students to communicate.
BIOPOLIS researcher Diogo Ferreira is the winner of the U.Porto 3MT® (Three Minute Thesis), a competition which, over the last few months, has tested the ability of U.Porto's doctoral students to communicate.
The jury, made up of Sónia Valente Rodrigues (Pro-Rector of U.Porto), Patrícia Teixeira Lopes (Vice Dean of Porto Business School), Teresa Firmino (journalist for Público newspaper), Alexandre Quintanilha (retired Full Professor at ICBAS) and Luís Filipe Reis (CEO of Universo by Sonae) awarded first place to the presentation "Chocolate bats: Promoting sustainable cacao through bat ecosystem services”, the title of Diogo Ferreira's PhD project.
The 3MT® Competition challenges participants to explain the concept and significance of their research. In just three minutes and using "no more than a single slide," future doctors must explain the significance of their work in the most engaging way possible.