Chinmay Kulkarni, a Ph.D candidate in the MSEAS group has won the first place in the de Florez Competition 2019. This year’s competition saw 44 entries, among which Chinmay was placed first (in a four-way tie) under the Graduate Science category, with his presentation titled “Persistent Rigid Sets in Ocean Flows Help Predict the Environmental Impact of Deep Sea Mining Activities”. The competition website is here.