Giulio Spagnol successfully defends his D.Phil. thesis
Giulio Spagnol successfully defends his D.Phil. thesis
![After the viva voce: A happy student (Giulio Spagnol, centre), two satisfied examiners (Associate Professor Andrew Sharott on the left, and Professor Gordon Arbuthnott on the right), and two delighted supervisors (Dr. Kouichi Nakamura on the far left, and Professor Peter Magill on the far right). Photo of (from left to right) Dr. Kouichi Nakamura, Associate Professor Andrew Sharott, Giulio Spagnol, Professor Gordon Arbuthnott and Professor Peter Magill](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_image_crop/public/Giulio_viva_BNDU%20website.jpg?itok=PC91308r)
Our congratulations go to Unit D.Phil. student Giulio Spagnol for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, entitled “Investigations of substantia nigra pars reticulata function and their implications for the disinhibition model of basal ganglia output”, in his viva voce examination on 26th April 2022.
Giulio’s viva examiners were Professor Gordon Arbuthnott (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan) and Associate Professor Andrew Sharott (University of Oxford).
Giulio was supervised by Professor Peter Magill and Dr. Kouichi Nakamura in the Unit.
![A photo of Professor Wolf-Julian Neumann (left), Christoph Wiest (centre), and Professor Tim Denison (right).](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2023-02/christoph_wiest_viva2_crop.jpg?itok=dQjGSui8)
After the viva voce: A happy D.Phil. candidate (centre) and satisfied examiners (left and right).
![A photo of Freya Marijatta, Paul Dodson, Stephanie Cragg, Peter Magill and Mark Walton.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2023-07/freya_viva_2_bndu_news.jpg?h=ab8278de&itok=RHbK2qAy)
After the viva voce: A happy D.Phil. candidate (centre) with satisfied examiners (left and right) and proud supervisors (far left and far right).