Elisa Frasnelli
Associate professor
Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology - CIBIO
Education |
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2010 PhD in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Trento, IT 2007 MSc in Physics and Biomedical Technologies, University of Trento, IT 2004 BSc in Applied Physics, University of Trento, IT |
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Academic career and teaching activities |
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ACADEMIC CAREER From 2021 Assistant Professor, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, IT 2017-21 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK 2017 Assistant Professor (JSPS Awarded Fellowship), School for Advance Studies, The Graduate University for Advance Sciences SOKENDAI, JP 2015-16 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, UK 2013-15 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, IT 2011-13 Post-Doctoral Researcher (Awarded Fellowship), Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg, AT
TEACHING ACTIVITY Master in Cognitive Science. Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, IT. Module Coordinator: “Invertebrate Neurosciences”. Module Coordinator: “Mathematical Basics for Cognitive Science”. |
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Research interests |
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Animal behaviour and cognition, their neural basis, development and evolution. Behavioural and brain lateralization. Navigation, spatial cognition and the underlying visuomotor mechanisms. Sentience and consciousness in invertebrates. Microbiota and cognition. Environmental stress, behaviour and cognition in bees. Invertebrate animal models. |
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Memberships in societies and scientific committees |
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BOARD MEMBER From 2021 Founding Member of the Supporting Outstanding Female Academics and Researchers (SOFAR) Network, UK 2020-2022 Council Member of Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), UK
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS From 2016 International Society for Neuroethology (ISN) From 2015 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), UK
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER From 2024 Animal Behaviour (Consulting Editor) 2021-2023 Frontiers in Psychology (Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Cognition) Symmetry (Editorial Board of Biology and Symmetry) Frontiers in Psychology (Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Comparative Psychology) From 2020 Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition (Consulting Editor) Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Learning and Memory) From 2016 Scientific Reports – Nature (Neuroscience Panel)
GRANT REFEREEING Horizon (EU); BBSRC (UK); Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FR); JSPS (JP); Polish Academy of Sciences (PL); Dutch Research Council NWO (NL); Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (GE); Israel Science Foundation (IL)
JOURNAL REFEREEING Animal Behaviour; Animal Cognition; Austral Entomology; Behaviour; Behavioural Brain Research; Biology Letters; Biology Open; Brain and Cognition; Ecological Modelling; Ecology and Evolution; Ethology; European Journal of Neuroscience; Invertebrate Biology; Journal of Comparative Psychology; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Laterality; Learning & Behavior; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews; PeerJ; Physiology & Behavior; PLOS ONE, Royal Society Open Science; Scientific Reports; Symmetry
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Awards and honours |
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GRANTS 2023 Project "LAterality DIstribution across the two SEXes (LADISEX): Comparative data for theoretical models", PRIN 2022, identification code 202222EJZE, CUP E53D23008620001 2023 Project IBC: Impollinatori, Biodiversità e Cambiamento climatico, 5x1000 Università degli Studi di Trento 2023 (con Albrecht Haase)
FELLOWSHIPS 2017 Awarded JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) London Short Term Fellowship (£ 28,500), SOKENDAI, JP 2011-2013 Awarded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (€ 79,200), Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg, AT
SCHOLARSHIPS 2007-2010 Doctoral Research Scholarship, University of Trento, IT (€ 41,000) 2005-2006 MSc Scholarship for excellence, University of Trento, IT (€ 5,000) 2001-2004 BSc Scholarship for excellence, University of Trento, IT (€ 7,500)
AWARDS 2018 Panel score 'A' at the ERC Starting grant call 2016 Travel & Accommodation Funding for North Sea Laterality Conference, University of Groningen, NL (€ 500) 2016 Above & Beyond Award, University of Exeter, UK (£ 500) 2010 Travel & Research Grant for field work in Australia, University of Trento, IT (€ 2,000) 2009 Travel & Research Grant to work at the University of New England, Australia, University of Trento, IT (€ 2,500) 2007 J-1 Exchange Visitor Program, University of California, Irvine, US ($ 8,400) 2006 J-1 Exchange Visitor Program, University of California, Irvine, US ($ 11,200) 2006 Travel & Research Grant to work at the University of California in Irvine, USA, by Trentino University Foundation, IT (€ 8,000) |
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Conferences and lectures |
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INVITED TALKS June 2023 Invited Speaker, PhD Summer School of Heidelberg University, Molveno (IT) June 2022 Invited Speaker, Symmetry Webinar, Online June 2021 Invited Speaker, Laterality Friday Seminar Series, Online Jan 2021 Invited Speaker, Doctoral Student Day 2021, Online June 2020 Invited Speaker, Animal Cognition Conference, Online Dec 2019 Invited Speaker, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Nov 2018 Invited Speaker, Research Center on Animal Cognition, CNRS, Toulouse, FR Nov 2015 Invited Speaker, Workshop on Hemispheric Asymmetries, HWK, Delmenhorst, DE Nov 2015 Invited Speaker, Seminar series for the Evolution, Behaviour and Environment group (EBE), University of Sussex, UK June 2014 Invited Speaker for Public Engagement, Science & Society Symposium, Stazione Zoologica ‘Anton Dohrn’, Napoli, IT Aug 2013 Invited Speaker, V Congress Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Trento, IT May 2013 Invited Speaker, Seminar, Stazione Zoologica ‘Anton Dohrn’, Napoli, IT Sept 2012 Invited Speaker, X East European Conference of the International Society for Invertebrate Neurobiology, Moscow, RU Nov 2011 Invited Speaker, Departmental Seminar, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, CA Oct 2011 Invited Speaker, Departmental Seminar, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, New York, US Apr 2009 Invited Speaker, Mandyam Srinivasan Lab, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, AU Jan 2009 Invited Speaker, Onur Güntürkün Lab, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr-University Bochum, DE
CONTRIBUTIONS AT CONFERENCES (selection) April 2023 Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne Beach, USA Dec 2022 AISC Conference, Rovereto, IT Aug 2022 Northsea Laterality Conference, Bergen, NO July 2018 International Congress of Neuroethology, Brisbane, AU Dec 2016 Winter meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, London, UK Sept 2016 5th North Sea Laterality Meeting, Groningen, NL Aug 2016 16th congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Exeter, UK Apr 2016 International Congress of Neuroethology, Montevideo, UY July 2014 4th Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, Rovereto, IT July 2013 3rd ToK conference of Comparative Cognition, Vienna, AT July 2013 Congress of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology, Montpellier, FR July 2012 4th meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Lisbon, PT June 2012 International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, Stockholm, SE Sept 2011 43rd European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Seville, SP May 2011 2nd ToK conference of Comparative Cognition, Prague, CZ
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Other work |
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ADMINISTRATION AND CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE 2023 Scientific Organiser, 2023 ASAB Winter meeting, Edinburgh, UK Scientific Organiser, 2023 CogEvo workshop, University of Trento, IT Since 2021 Internationalization Delegate, Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, IT 2020 Scientific Organizer, 2020 Virtual ASAB Winter meeting, online 2019-2021 Deputy Program Lead, BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour and Welfare, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK 2018-2021 Schools Liaison Lead, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK 2018-2019 Deputy Research Lead, Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Research Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK 2017-2021 Student Engagement Lead, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK 2016 Organizer of the Symposium “Cerebral and motor lateralization”, 16th congress of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology, University of Exeter, UK 2015-2016 Coordinator of Seminar Series, CRAB, University of Exeter, UK 2015-2016 Coordinator of Group Meetings, CRAB, University of Exeter, UK
PUBLIC ENGAGMENT Co-organizer of ‘Giovedì dell’etologia’ (2023) at Museo Civico di Rovereto, IT ‘I gatti lo sanno’, dialog with Giulia Bignami on her book published for Giunti and inspired by research on animal behaviour and cognition conducted at CIMeC, at the Museo Civico of Rovereto, IT Interviews with radio channels (BBC, UK and Rai Radio 1, IT); with newspapers (The Telegraph, Mail Online, The Times, UK and L’Adige, IT); and with TV (Rai 3, IT and TV Asahi, JP) Public talks (British Science Week, Climate Change Action Day, Lincolnshire Beekeepers Association Autumn Event in UK; Science & Society Symposium, IT; 20th Anniversary of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, AT) |
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