Results of the 2025 My Thesis in 180 seconds competition organised by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris
IP Paris Final, 2nd edition
Ten doctoral students from a wide range of scientific fields gave a brilliant presentation of their thesis topic to over 300 high school students taking part in the national "Cordées de la réussite" scheme and invited by the IP Paris Equal Opportunities Center.
This competition is an original way of presenting research and inspiring young people to take up a career in science. At the end of their 180-second performance, the doctoral candidates took part in a question-and-answer session with the high-school students, giving them the opportunity to talk about research and giving them tips on how to speak for the oral exam that the students will have to take in the next few weeks.
In the evening, our ten finalists once again took to the stage to present their thesis topics in front of 380 people, and a panel of judges made up of personalities from the worlds of science and the arts, plus a schoolgirl.
Award ceremony
The 1st Jury Prize was awarded by Etienne Brière to Amélie Kies, a doctoral student at the Applied Optics Laboratory (LOA*) at ENSTA.
The 2nd Jury Prize was awarded by Pauline Ribat to Laure Corazza, a doctoral student at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD*) at École Polytechnique.
The 3rd Jury Prize was awarded by Elodie Chabrol to Maxime Vigoureux, a doctoral student at the École Polytechnique's Organic Synthesis Laboratory (LSO*).
The Public Prize was awarded by Lola Onifade to Louis Berthier, a doctoral student at École polytechnique's Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées (CMAP*) for his CIFRE thesis.
The High school students prize was awarded to Laure Corazza by Tien Pham and Mariska Zakher, students at the Julie Victoire Daubié high school in Argenteuil.
The Institut Polytechnique de Paris would like to warmly thank its partners CASDEN Banque Populaire and MGEN for their support of the awards.
Congratulations to all the participants for their eloquence and bravery!
*LOA : a joint research unit CNRS, École Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
*LMD : a joint research unit CNRS, ENS - PSL, Sorbonne Université, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
*LSO : a joint research unit CNRS, ENSTA Paris, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
*CMAP : a joint research unit CNRS, Inria, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France