On Wednesday, the 14th of February 2018, Patrick succesfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "The Inter- and Intrahemispheric Neural Foundation of Functional Hemispheric Asymmetries". Since the day of his defense fell on Valentine's Day 2018, Patrick showed his love for science by giving the captivated audience a very well received presentation on the triadic model and all the experiments he performed to prove it. After starting in 2014, Patrick has used an impressive methodological array from EEG to fMRI and NODDI imaging to investigate hemispheric asymmetries and interhemispheric interaction and yielded some fascinating insights that he presented in the 25 minute talk. During the subsequent discussion, Patrick was able to answer even the most difficult questions on NODDI imaging and its validation. Obviously, the committee unanimously decided that he had passed. It was decided to award him the prestigous grade of a Dr. rer. nat. with magna cum laude.
Relived, Patrick was presented his PhD hat, inspired by his love for chess and coffee (he has drunken approximately 3500 cups during his PhD).

Congratulations Patrick! Your supervisors and the rest of the lab are proud of you!