3MT IU Bloomington

 I participated in the university-wide Three Minute Thesis competition at IU Bloomington in March 2024. Below is a video recording of my talk (just 3 mins!) which also won me third prize in the competition. I talk about our work on testing a novel non-invasive neuro-stimulation technique in humans.



My slide for the talk






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