By Kelly 
Congratulations must go our very own Aditya Chopra for winning the ANU’s 3 minute thesis competition last week. (You didn’t really think he found the origin of life in three minutes did you?). Adi shares his time between the Research School of Earth Sciences and the Planetary Science Institute and by the end of his candidature will be able to tell us where life began, at least that is what he’s told his supervisors 
Adi beat out twelve other finalists from across the ANU to snatch the $500 prize money and a chance to compete in the trans Tasman competition at the University of Queensland later this year.
To read more about Adi’s triumph, click here.
Thank you for the kind words! Eagerly look forward to the national event
Chris Chapman also flew the RSES flag high in the finals. Next year I hope many more Earth Scientists try their hand at explaining their thesis in 3 minutes… A thesis that can sometimes take them across millions or billions of years – and can take seemingly long to complete 
Great experience all round for all who participated this year. Highly recommended for presenters and audience alike!
I have fatith you’ll take the prize in October. I’ve seen you present, the others don’t stand a chance!