Varsha Vivek Balu from James Cook University is the winner of the 2025 IRU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, with Cate Sexton from Flinders University the runner up.
IRU WINNER: James Cook University: Varsha Vivek Balu – Secrets in the Slime: Biomarkers in Fish Skin Mucus
IRU RUNNER UP: Flinders University: Cate Sexton – Meet me here: stories, fossils and deep time
Finalists
Winners from each IRU member university’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition were entered in the IRU 3MT competition, with the winners decided at the IRU Senior Leaders Forum at Flinders University on 23-25 September 2025.
La Trobe University: Amra Pajalić – 8,372
Griffith University: April Dower – Sticky Attention in Anxiety
Western Sydney University: Mohammed Sulaimaan Kaizer Hassan – Numerical Investigation of Soil-structure Interaction Issues in Integral Abutment Bridges
Murdoch University: Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid – Investigating How Dietary Experience Influences Predatory Behaviours of Ladybird Beetles.
University of Canberra: Mona Hemmati – Cracking the Code: Relieving tiny lungs from the grip of RSV.
