Grad Slam 2017
Click on the finalist to jump to each talk. Watch the announcement of the winners.
Tabletop particle accelerators: ultrapowerful compact machines
Kelly Swanson
UC Berkeley
A deeper look at gut microbiomes
Sam Westreich
UC Davis
Nature’s climate-saving machines
Megan Newcomb
UC Irvine
Making mental health more engaging and accessible
Leslie Rith-Najarian
UCLA
The role of oxygen in the fight for clean water
Byran Fuhrmann
UC Merced
The neuroscience of parental care: Why do parents love their children?
Nathan Horrell
UC Riverside
Using geometry to build better birth control
Geoff Hollett
UC San Diego
How to build an elephant
Christina Hueschen
UCSF
Personalized medicine: how to cure blindness with your own cells
Leah Foltz
UC Santa Barbara
Cruz foam: transforming shrimp shells into surfboards
John Felts
UC Santa Cruz