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There were ten competitors to face the clock. At the rate of three minutes each, competitors spoke with passion and conviction about their research in astrophysics, physics, management sciences... It is up to the jury and the public to choose two candidates to represent PSL at the semifinals of the My Thesis in 180 seconds competition.

Adam Baïz, a doctoral student at MINES ParisTech and director of INSEE, won the jury's nomination, chaired by Carole Bastianelli, PSL finalist of the competition in 2017. The jury was composed of Stéphane Mazevet (Dean of Research at ²ÝÁñÂÛ̳), Frédéric Worms (Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of Arts at ENS), Michel Schmidt (Project Manager to the President of PSL), and Nelly Manoukian (Director of Communications at PSL). His thesis focused on the innovation of public policy instruments, under the direction of Michel Nakhla.

Christophe Kusina, a doctoral student at ESPCI Paris, received the Audience Award. He conducts a thesis on the behavior, properties and structure of complex fluid spreading, under the direction of Annie Colin.