Stella Felsinger

I obtained my BSc in Natural Sciences (2018) and MScR in Bioinformatics (2019) from Durham University, where I researched the ecological evolution of extinct invertebrates and investigated how semantic morphological character partitioning affects phylogenetic reconstruction. In 2020, I was awarded a BBSRC-iCASE studentship in partnership with industrial partner Canetis SRL and co-supervised by Beth Mortimer (Animal Vibration Lab) and Geraldine Wright (Oxford Bee Lab). My doctoral research focused on developing interpretable machine learning methods to relate honeybee hive acoustics to colony state and behaviour. Having submitted my thesis in April 2025, I now work as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Oxford Bee Lab, supporting ongoing projects and preparing my research for publication.