PHD HATS
German tradition would have it that every PhD needs to be immortalised with a PhD hats (yes, these can be worn!). Interpret at your own risk…
Actuated handibles, ants in all shapes and sizes, an insect chess board, a ant head zapper, escaping ants (who can blame them?), a racket (broken in rage?), grumpy-cheerful labmates, speed-eating, a custom-built pizza oven (the last two items may go together?), and a road trip – congratulations, Dr Freddie!!
A rotating droplet/pineapple as centrepiece, combining Andrea’s love (?) for 3D droplet reconstruction and his hatred (certain!) of pineapple on pizza (oh the controversy!). A scary pink wing ready to escape its cage, some unspeakable truth about the restroom facilities in Bioengineering, a poster in unfortunate matt print, and a lifetime tally of pizzas as of March 2023 – congratulations Dr Andrea!!
A giant lego base board, a miniature scAnt, Frabi (still disturbing), an insect Pokedex, ALL the curly fries, a dynamic ant weight estimator (how close can you get?), eternal excited voice notes, an illuminated OmniTrax Ring, and say-no sweet incentives (do! (sometimes)), – congratulations, Dr Fabi!!
A leaf-coloured base and dangling fragments representing the 1000s of cuts over 4 years of PhD, a giant insect respirometry chamber complete with rum and coke scrubbing column, a shout-out to failed bets (were there any others!?) and tough mudder memories, and a little cameo from Charl.. *cough* Pedro Pascal! – congratulations, Dr Liv!!
Strong ants, worn mandibles racing on a go-kart track (we let you win Dilanka – it was your birthday, after all), plots without labels, a polishing machine that takes fingerprints of, warning signs (duly forgotten!), warm days with cricket (the sport, mind you) in the insect room, and crushing badminton defeats – congratulations, Dr Dilanka!!
German breakfast tables filled to the edge, a holy trinity of poster awards and the most frequently used slide in EvoBioMech-group meetings, the ingenious insect loop, a (working!) miniature treadmill, Eigencharactertraits, nights at Eastside (Guinness, always bloody Guinness), giant pots of pasta, a missed career as childhood chocolate star, the coffee machine of postdoc dreams, and a screen showing stick insect simulation outtakes – congratulations, Dr Henny!!
