Elisa Frasnelli has participated in a Ph.D programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the University of Trento, Italy from 2007 to 2010. Before starting her Ph.D she spend several months in 2006 and 2007 at the Laboratory of Fluorescence Dynamics, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California at Irvine, CA. In 2009 she worked at the Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour, UNE (University of New England), Armidale, NSW, Australia and in 2010 at Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia where she performed studies on Australian native bees in the field. Currently she holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the KLI.