Kelsi Rutledge

Ph.D. Candidate at University of California Los Angeles

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

Albert Einstein

Science Communication

Generating excitement about fish noses

I presented my research on the fluid dynamics of chemoreception at UCLA's department-wide 3 minute thesis competition. The goal of the competition was to distill your research into a fast, easy to understand, high-impact talk for a general audience. I won first place!

the nature of innovation

This talk and research was featured in UCLA's magazine. Read it here!

“Through millions of years of evolution, nature often provides innovative solutions to complex problems. If we can try to mimic what animals do so elegantly, we have the opportunity to advance our own technology.”

K. Rutledge

Video

Watch my 3 minute thesis talk here!

Kelsi M. Rutledge