Congratulations to Jessica Furber for passing her PhD viva! The viva took place on Tuesday 15 April. The title of Jessica’s thesis is “Mathematical Analysis of Fine-Scale Badger Movement Data“. The external examiner was Prof Yuliya Kyrychko (Sussex), and the internal examiner was Dr Joaquin Prada (Vet School, Surrey). Jessica’s supervisors were Dr Giovanni Lo Iacono & Prof Mark Chambers (Vet School, Surrey), Dr Stefan Klus (Heriot Watt University), Prof Rosie Woodroffe (Institute of Zoology) , Prof Dez (Richard) Delahay (APHA, University of Exeter), and Prof David Lloyd. The left photo below shows Dave and Jessica on the day of her pre-viva talk, and the right photo shows the internal examiner (Dr Prada) and co-supervisor (Dr Lo Iacono), with Jessica. Below that is a photo of Jessica‘s thesis along with the homemade cakes that were served at the viva celebration.