Euan Doidge, a PhD student in the School of Chemistry, has won a place in the UK final of the competition, which takes place in Birmingham on the Monday 11 September.
Euan competed against 58 other UK universities to secure one of only six places in the final.
Research presentation
The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges doctoral researchers to deliver the best research presentation in just 3 minutes using only one slide.
The competition is based on a concept developed by the University of Queensland which quickly spread across Australia and New Zealand, and has gone global.
The University of Edinburgh has run a 3MT competition every year since 2013, organised by the Institute for Academic Development.