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diff --git a/_layouts/metalsmith.json b/_layouts/metalsmith.json
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     "version": "0.1.1",
     "site_title": "Gijs van Dam",
     "site_description": "Gijs van Dam is a freelance consultant and crypto researcher with over 20 years of international experience, who tries to make the web a better place.",
-    "about": "<a class=\"p-name u-url\" href=\"/\">Gijs van Dam</a> is a <a href=\"/about\">researcher, consultant and business founder</a>, with more than 20 years of experience. Since 2018 he is pursuing a PhD in computer science at the National University of Malaysia. Gijs lives in Amsterdam.",
+    "about": "<a class=\"p-name u-url\" href=\"/\">Gijs van Dam</a> is a <a href=\"/about\">researcher, consultant and business founder</a>, with more than 20 years of experience. In 2024 he obtained his PhD in computer science at the National University of Malaysia. Gijs lives in Amsterdam.",
     "about_img": "/images/gijsvandam.jpg",
     "author": "Gijs van Dam",
     "indie_auth": true,

diff --git a/_src/pages/about.md b/_src/pages/about.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ I was always a computer nerd, and from 1995 onwards focussed on web development
 
 We moved to Malaysia in January 2017. My wife and I always had this dream of living in a foreign country for a few years. So when she could get a job as an assistant professor at a Malaysian university we didn't have to think twice about it. We moved with our kids, then 5 months and 4 years old.
 
-In an unexpected way moving to Malaysia opened up the opportunity to make a career switch. I wasn't spending as much time on Mindbus anymore (and it thrived, so I am not sure what that says about my involvement) and the cost of living was such that I could afford to do a full-time PhD at the National University of Malaysia. So that's what I am doing now: A PhD in computer science. My research is on privacy in the context of second layer cryptocurrency solutions.
+In an unexpected way moving to Malaysia opened up the opportunity to make a career switch. I wasn't spending as much time on Mindbus anymore (and it thrived, so I am not sure what that says about my involvement) and the cost of living was such that I could afford to do a full-time PhD at the National University of Malaysia. I completed my PhD in 2024. My research is on privacy in the context of second layer cryptocurrency solutions.
 
 In December 2022 we moved back to The Netherlands.
 

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-I am on the home stretch of my PhD now. My last article is in preprint and about to be submitted. I am currently working on my thesis. I have set myself the deadline of October for submitting it.
+I just finished my Viva and can now call myself Doctor of Philosophy.
 
-The Netherlands is really feeling like home again. It has taken the bigger part of 2023 to adjust to it. I didn't see that coming. I thought that the country you'd lived in for pretty much all your life would feel right like home again after a stint of 6 years in another country, but it didn't.
+I also just started at Lightning Labs. I'm doing a project, working on their new product called Taproot Assets. I am really enjoying the work so far. It is such a pleasure to work on something that actually is in production on mainnet. Doing security on something tangible is a different game entirely.
 
-I just did a half marathon. My first! Finished in just over two hours. I should have trained more in preparation. Still I enjoyed it, and I'm continuing the training regime. Next half marathon is already on the calendar in November. 
+Looking forward to the spring. Daylight is getting better already. We survived yet another dark winter.
 
-I'm actively looking for a job in the web3/applied cryptography/cryptocurrency scene. I had a short gig at Heliax that ran for three months and it taught me that this is the discipline where I want to spent more time professionally.
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-Updated: September 2023
+Updated: March 2024
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 ## Education
 
-| year         | education                                                                                      |
-|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| 2018-present | PhD Computer Science, National University of Malaysia, Institute of IR 4.0, Malaysia (ongoing) |
-| 1995-2000    | MSc Veterinary Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands                                    |
+| year      | education                                                                              |
+|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 2018-2024 | PhD Computer Science, National University of Malaysia, Institute of Visual Informatics |
+| 1995-2000 | MSc Veterinary Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands                            |
 
 ## Publications & Whitepapers
 
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 | year      | training/certification                                                                    |
 |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 2024      | Start Your Career in Bitcoin FOSS, Chaincode Labs, New York (online)                       |
 | 2021      | Lightning Network Seminar Series, Chaincode Labs, New York (online)                       |
 | 2021      | An Introduction To Probability In Computing, IIT Madras (online)                          |
 | 2020      | iFintell workshop series: R language, Python, STATA & MATLAB, Big Data analytics, AI & ML |