University of California: Grad Slam

Grad Slam 2022

Click on a finalist below to jump to their talk in the video.

Ready to see who won? Skip to the end to watch the announcement of the winners.

Justin Lee

UC Berkeley

Jamming the SARS-CoV-2 copy machine

Alice Dien

UC Davis

Cooling down with the new hot air: The future of drying in agriculture

Rachel Sousa

UC Irvine

Curing cancer with math

Kelsi Rutledge

UCLA

The fluid dynamics of smell: A stingray’s perspective

Jessica Wilson

UC Merced

CBD: Wonder drug or dud?

Claire Whitaker

UC Riverside

Finishing off food fungus for good

Meghana Pagadala

UC San Diego

GERMTIME: How germline variants can make a difference in cancer immunity

Wei Gordon

UC San Francisco

Uncovering the sweet secrets of fruit-eating mammals

Geoff Meyerhof

UC Santa Barbara

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese

Amanda Quirk

UC Santa Cruz

The tale of two galaxies: Studying how galaxies change over time