Wallace Multisensory Lab @ Vanderbilt
@wallacelab.bsky.social
Our research lab investigates the neural bases of multisensory processing in both neurotypical and autistic populations.
#multisensory #sensory #autism
#multisensory #sensory #autism
From lab manager to Ph.D. student — we thrilled to have Adam Tiesman back in our lab
At the 2025 Simple Beginnings ceremony, incoming Ph.D. students are recognized for their research interests and receive their first embroidered lab coats.
At the 2025 Simple Beginnings ceremony, incoming Ph.D. students are recognized for their research interests and receive their first embroidered lab coats.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From lab manager to Ph.D. student — we thrilled to have Adam Tiesman back in our lab
At the 2025 Simple Beginnings ceremony, incoming Ph.D. students are recognized for their research interests and receive their first embroidered lab coats.
At the 2025 Simple Beginnings ceremony, incoming Ph.D. students are recognized for their research interests and receive their first embroidered lab coats.
Farewell and congratulations, Eliza!
We celebrated our Recruitment Coordinator, Eliza Brandon, as she heads to a new teaching role. We’re grateful for her work and wish her the very best in her next position.
We celebrated our Recruitment Coordinator, Eliza Brandon, as she heads to a new teaching role. We’re grateful for her work and wish her the very best in her next position.
August 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Farewell and congratulations, Eliza!
We celebrated our Recruitment Coordinator, Eliza Brandon, as she heads to a new teaching role. We’re grateful for her work and wish her the very best in her next position.
We celebrated our Recruitment Coordinator, Eliza Brandon, as she heads to a new teaching role. We’re grateful for her work and wish her the very best in her next position.
Publication Alert:
New Meta Analysis from the Wallace Lab on Increasing Sample Diversity in Autism Research.
Read at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40848184/
Authors: Sarah G. Vassall, Ingrid Shragge, Hari Srinivasan, William J. Quackenbush, Mark T. Wallace
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
New Meta Analysis from the Wallace Lab on Increasing Sample Diversity in Autism Research.
Read at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40848184/
Authors: Sarah G. Vassall, Ingrid Shragge, Hari Srinivasan, William J. Quackenbush, Mark T. Wallace
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Publication Alert:
New Meta Analysis from the Wallace Lab on Increasing Sample Diversity in Autism Research.
Read at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40848184/
Authors: Sarah G. Vassall, Ingrid Shragge, Hari Srinivasan, William J. Quackenbush, Mark T. Wallace
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
New Meta Analysis from the Wallace Lab on Increasing Sample Diversity in Autism Research.
Read at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40848184/
Authors: Sarah G. Vassall, Ingrid Shragge, Hari Srinivasan, William J. Quackenbush, Mark T. Wallace
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
Publication alert: Hari Srinivasan (PhD candidate, Wallace Lab).
1. Anxiety in Autism—beyond “it’s OK” (solo)
2. Neurodiversity 2.0 (solo)
3. Focused Interests in classrooms (co-author)
Links ↓
1. Anxiety in Autism—beyond “it’s OK” (solo)
2. Neurodiversity 2.0 (solo)
3. Focused Interests in classrooms (co-author)
Links ↓
August 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Publication alert: Hari Srinivasan (PhD candidate, Wallace Lab).
1. Anxiety in Autism—beyond “it’s OK” (solo)
2. Neurodiversity 2.0 (solo)
3. Focused Interests in classrooms (co-author)
Links ↓
1. Anxiety in Autism—beyond “it’s OK” (solo)
2. Neurodiversity 2.0 (solo)
3. Focused Interests in classrooms (co-author)
Links ↓
The whole lab, fully immersed—gathered inside the AR Cave one last time before our summer students head out. Bidding farewell to our incredible summer undergrad RAs—thank you for your energy, curiosity, and all the contributions you’ve made to the lab. Wishing you the best on your next adventures! 🧠
July 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The whole lab, fully immersed—gathered inside the AR Cave one last time before our summer students head out. Bidding farewell to our incredible summer undergrad RAs—thank you for your energy, curiosity, and all the contributions you’ve made to the lab. Wishing you the best on your next adventures! 🧠
🧠 The Wallace Lab is headed to #IMRF2025 in Durham, UK!
Prof. Mark Wallace keynotes.
Drs. Tovar & Watson
Hari & Will – rising 4th yr PhD candidates
Adam – incoming PhD student
Kalina – undergrad RA
From keynote pitches to poster wickets, we’re all in for multisensory science! 🏏🇬🇧
Prof. Mark Wallace keynotes.
Drs. Tovar & Watson
Hari & Will – rising 4th yr PhD candidates
Adam – incoming PhD student
Kalina – undergrad RA
From keynote pitches to poster wickets, we’re all in for multisensory science! 🏏🇬🇧
July 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🧠 The Wallace Lab is headed to #IMRF2025 in Durham, UK!
Prof. Mark Wallace keynotes.
Drs. Tovar & Watson
Hari & Will – rising 4th yr PhD candidates
Adam – incoming PhD student
Kalina – undergrad RA
From keynote pitches to poster wickets, we’re all in for multisensory science! 🏏🇬🇧
Prof. Mark Wallace keynotes.
Drs. Tovar & Watson
Hari & Will – rising 4th yr PhD candidates
Adam – incoming PhD student
Kalina – undergrad RA
From keynote pitches to poster wickets, we’re all in for multisensory science! 🏏🇬🇧
🧠 The Wallace Lab is headed to #IMRF2025 in Durham, UK!
Prof. Mark Wallace steps up as Keynote Speaker, joined by:
Drs. Tovar & Watson
PhD students: Adam, Hari & Will
RA: Kalina
From keynote pitches to poster wickets—we're batting strong for Team Multisensory! 🏏🇬🇧
Prof. Mark Wallace steps up as Keynote Speaker, joined by:
Drs. Tovar & Watson
PhD students: Adam, Hari & Will
RA: Kalina
From keynote pitches to poster wickets—we're batting strong for Team Multisensory! 🏏🇬🇧
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🧠 The Wallace Lab is headed to #IMRF2025 in Durham, UK!
Prof. Mark Wallace steps up as Keynote Speaker, joined by:
Drs. Tovar & Watson
PhD students: Adam, Hari & Will
RA: Kalina
From keynote pitches to poster wickets—we're batting strong for Team Multisensory! 🏏🇬🇧
Prof. Mark Wallace steps up as Keynote Speaker, joined by:
Drs. Tovar & Watson
PhD students: Adam, Hari & Will
RA: Kalina
From keynote pitches to poster wickets—we're batting strong for Team Multisensory! 🏏🇬🇧
🎉 Big congrats to PhD candidate Hari Srinivasan!
🧠 His writing is featured in the print edition of iconic TIME Magazine (pp. 64–67).
A proud moment for Hari—and the whole Wallace Lab! 👏📰
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
🧠 His writing is featured in the print edition of iconic TIME Magazine (pp. 64–67).
A proud moment for Hari—and the whole Wallace Lab! 👏📰
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🎉 Big congrats to PhD candidate Hari Srinivasan!
🧠 His writing is featured in the print edition of iconic TIME Magazine (pp. 64–67).
A proud moment for Hari—and the whole Wallace Lab! 👏📰
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
🧠 His writing is featured in the print edition of iconic TIME Magazine (pp. 64–67).
A proud moment for Hari—and the whole Wallace Lab! 👏📰
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
🎓 It’s dissertation season again at Wallace Lab!
Big congratulations to our 6th-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, Adriana Schoenhaut who is defending her dissertation:
Adriana’s research explores motion processing, decision-making, and non-human primate neurophysiology.
Big congratulations to our 6th-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, Adriana Schoenhaut who is defending her dissertation:
Adriana’s research explores motion processing, decision-making, and non-human primate neurophysiology.
June 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🎓 It’s dissertation season again at Wallace Lab!
Big congratulations to our 6th-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, Adriana Schoenhaut who is defending her dissertation:
Adriana’s research explores motion processing, decision-making, and non-human primate neurophysiology.
Big congratulations to our 6th-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, Adriana Schoenhaut who is defending her dissertation:
Adriana’s research explores motion processing, decision-making, and non-human primate neurophysiology.
🎻 Fiddle Fest Finale.
During our farewell celebration for our lab graduates, we were treated to an impromptu violin trio on the farmhouse steps.
Nothing says “lab love” like a few strings at sunset!
#neuroscience #multisensory
During our farewell celebration for our lab graduates, we were treated to an impromptu violin trio on the farmhouse steps.
Nothing says “lab love” like a few strings at sunset!
#neuroscience #multisensory
May 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🎻 Fiddle Fest Finale.
During our farewell celebration for our lab graduates, we were treated to an impromptu violin trio on the farmhouse steps.
Nothing says “lab love” like a few strings at sunset!
#neuroscience #multisensory
During our farewell celebration for our lab graduates, we were treated to an impromptu violin trio on the farmhouse steps.
Nothing says “lab love” like a few strings at sunset!
#neuroscience #multisensory
🎓 Honoring Our Lab Graduates
Ansley Kunnath, MD/PhD – PhD defended, MD journey continues!
Sarah Vassall – PhD defense incoming this week
Adrianna Schoenhaut – also wrapping up her neuroscience PhD.
Ingrid Shragge – just completed her MEd. in Child Studies.
#neuroscience #multisensory
Ansley Kunnath, MD/PhD – PhD defended, MD journey continues!
Sarah Vassall – PhD defense incoming this week
Adrianna Schoenhaut – also wrapping up her neuroscience PhD.
Ingrid Shragge – just completed her MEd. in Child Studies.
#neuroscience #multisensory
May 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🎓 Honoring Our Lab Graduates
Ansley Kunnath, MD/PhD – PhD defended, MD journey continues!
Sarah Vassall – PhD defense incoming this week
Adrianna Schoenhaut – also wrapping up her neuroscience PhD.
Ingrid Shragge – just completed her MEd. in Child Studies.
#neuroscience #multisensory
Ansley Kunnath, MD/PhD – PhD defended, MD journey continues!
Sarah Vassall – PhD defense incoming this week
Adrianna Schoenhaut – also wrapping up her neuroscience PhD.
Ingrid Shragge – just completed her MEd. in Child Studies.
#neuroscience #multisensory
Prof. Mark Wallace’s farm was the perfect backdrop for celebrating the team that plays, innovates, and discovers together—whose curiosity lights up every experiment (and every social!). 🎮🔬✨ Here’s to many more adventures together. 🧠💡
#neuroscience #multisensory #vanderbilt
#neuroscience #multisensory #vanderbilt
May 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Prof. Mark Wallace’s farm was the perfect backdrop for celebrating the team that plays, innovates, and discovers together—whose curiosity lights up every experiment (and every social!). 🎮🔬✨ Here’s to many more adventures together. 🧠💡
#neuroscience #multisensory #vanderbilt
#neuroscience #multisensory #vanderbilt
🚀 Exciting news from our lab! PhD candidate Hari Srinivasan co‑wrote the foreword to the newly released Autism For Dummies with the legendary Dr. Temple Grandin. 🎉
Hari brings his own autistic+ADHD journey—to advocate for dual opportunity‑and‑solution approaches.
Get your copy May 6! 📘
Hari brings his own autistic+ADHD journey—to advocate for dual opportunity‑and‑solution approaches.
Get your copy May 6! 📘
May 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🚀 Exciting news from our lab! PhD candidate Hari Srinivasan co‑wrote the foreword to the newly released Autism For Dummies with the legendary Dr. Temple Grandin. 🎉
Hari brings his own autistic+ADHD journey—to advocate for dual opportunity‑and‑solution approaches.
Get your copy May 6! 📘
Hari brings his own autistic+ADHD journey—to advocate for dual opportunity‑and‑solution approaches.
Get your copy May 6! 📘
🎓 Dissertation Defense Invitation
PhD candidate Sarah Vassall wil be defending her graduate research.
Mentored by Dr. Mark Wallace, Sarah’s work explores how the brain weaves sights and sounds into a coherent spatial map—bridging basic science and real-world behavior.
PhD candidate Sarah Vassall wil be defending her graduate research.
Mentored by Dr. Mark Wallace, Sarah’s work explores how the brain weaves sights and sounds into a coherent spatial map—bridging basic science and real-world behavior.
April 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎓 Dissertation Defense Invitation
PhD candidate Sarah Vassall wil be defending her graduate research.
Mentored by Dr. Mark Wallace, Sarah’s work explores how the brain weaves sights and sounds into a coherent spatial map—bridging basic science and real-world behavior.
PhD candidate Sarah Vassall wil be defending her graduate research.
Mentored by Dr. Mark Wallace, Sarah’s work explores how the brain weaves sights and sounds into a coherent spatial map—bridging basic science and real-world behavior.
🧠✨ Humans of Wallace Lab: Meet the Minds Behind the Multisensory Science.
This week, we’re spotlighting Sarah Vassall, a 5th-year PhD candidate in Neuroscience gearing up for her dissertation defense!
This week, we’re spotlighting Sarah Vassall, a 5th-year PhD candidate in Neuroscience gearing up for her dissertation defense!
April 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🧠✨ Humans of Wallace Lab: Meet the Minds Behind the Multisensory Science.
This week, we’re spotlighting Sarah Vassall, a 5th-year PhD candidate in Neuroscience gearing up for her dissertation defense!
This week, we’re spotlighting Sarah Vassall, a 5th-year PhD candidate in Neuroscience gearing up for her dissertation defense!
🧠✈️ Wallace Lab at the 2025 VIRAL Symposium!
Proud to see our 3rd-year PhD candidates Hari Srinivasan & William Quakenbush share their work at this research event!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #PhDLife
Proud to see our 3rd-year PhD candidates Hari Srinivasan & William Quakenbush share their work at this research event!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #PhDLife
April 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🧠✈️ Wallace Lab at the 2025 VIRAL Symposium!
Proud to see our 3rd-year PhD candidates Hari Srinivasan & William Quakenbush share their work at this research event!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #PhDLife
Proud to see our 3rd-year PhD candidates Hari Srinivasan & William Quakenbush share their work at this research event!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #PhDLife
Wallace Lab’s Hari Srinivasan (Neuroscience PhD) was honored last night with the Career Luminary Award at the 2025 Impact Awards! 👏🏆
Recognized for advancing student career growth—well deserved, Hari!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu
Recognized for advancing student career growth—well deserved, Hari!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu
April 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wallace Lab’s Hari Srinivasan (Neuroscience PhD) was honored last night with the Career Luminary Award at the 2025 Impact Awards! 👏🏆
Recognized for advancing student career growth—well deserved, Hari!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu
Recognized for advancing student career growth—well deserved, Hari!
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu
We’re so proud of our lab’s undergrad Research Assistant, Mckenzie King, whose tactile fiber art “Forever Changed” is featured in Where’d All the Time Go? Senior Show 2025 at Vanderbilt’s Space 204! Catch it at the EBI Studio Arts Center through May 9, and experience art you can touch.
April 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We’re so proud of our lab’s undergrad Research Assistant, Mckenzie King, whose tactile fiber art “Forever Changed” is featured in Where’d All the Time Go? Senior Show 2025 at Vanderbilt’s Space 204! Catch it at the EBI Studio Arts Center through May 9, and experience art you can touch.
Wallace Lab PhD Candidate and UC Berkeley alum, Hari Srinivasan, will be a keynote speaker at the virtual Neurodiversity Symposium 2025! 🧠🌟
🎤 Hari's keynote “It’s Not Either Or” at 2-3pm April 11 — explores the nuance and complexity of neurodivergent experience.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
🎤 Hari's keynote “It’s Not Either Or” at 2-3pm April 11 — explores the nuance and complexity of neurodivergent experience.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Wallace Lab PhD Candidate and UC Berkeley alum, Hari Srinivasan, will be a keynote speaker at the virtual Neurodiversity Symposium 2025! 🧠🌟
🎤 Hari's keynote “It’s Not Either Or” at 2-3pm April 11 — explores the nuance and complexity of neurodivergent experience.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
🎤 Hari's keynote “It’s Not Either Or” at 2-3pm April 11 — explores the nuance and complexity of neurodivergent experience.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
Huge congrats to Adam Tiesman on being admitted to the PhD program in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt! 🎉 We're so proud to have you continue your journey with us in the Wallace Lab! #VandyNGP #Neuroscience #WallaceLab
April 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Huge congrats to Adam Tiesman on being admitted to the PhD program in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt! 🎉 We're so proud to have you continue your journey with us in the Wallace Lab! #VandyNGP #Neuroscience #WallaceLab
🌟 Congrats to William Quackenbush and Hari Srinivasan on presenting at the Vanderbilt Brain Institute Research Forum! 🧠✨
Hari shared insights on PPS in autism and William on motor stereotypies. Both are co-mentored by Profs. Wallace & Cascio.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @cjcascio.bsky.social
Hari shared insights on PPS in autism and William on motor stereotypies. Both are co-mentored by Profs. Wallace & Cascio.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @cjcascio.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🌟 Congrats to William Quackenbush and Hari Srinivasan on presenting at the Vanderbilt Brain Institute Research Forum! 🧠✨
Hari shared insights on PPS in autism and William on motor stereotypies. Both are co-mentored by Profs. Wallace & Cascio.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @cjcascio.bsky.social
Hari shared insights on PPS in autism and William on motor stereotypies. Both are co-mentored by Profs. Wallace & Cascio.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social @cjcascio.bsky.social
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Ansley Kunnath!
She was awarded the $25,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award—one of just 100 recipients from 776 nominees! This prestigious honor recognizes her academic excellence and potential to make a big impact. We’re so proud!
#WomenInSTEM #PEO @ansleykunnath.bsky.social
She was awarded the $25,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award—one of just 100 recipients from 776 nominees! This prestigious honor recognizes her academic excellence and potential to make a big impact. We’re so proud!
#WomenInSTEM #PEO @ansleykunnath.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Ansley Kunnath!
She was awarded the $25,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award—one of just 100 recipients from 776 nominees! This prestigious honor recognizes her academic excellence and potential to make a big impact. We’re so proud!
#WomenInSTEM #PEO @ansleykunnath.bsky.social
She was awarded the $25,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award—one of just 100 recipients from 776 nominees! This prestigious honor recognizes her academic excellence and potential to make a big impact. We’re so proud!
#WomenInSTEM #PEO @ansleykunnath.bsky.social
Big news from the Wallace Lab!
Hari Srinivasan 🎉, a 3rd-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, received the 2025 Career Luminary Award 🏆 at Vanderbilt’s Impact Awards which celebrate key contributors to student career growth.
He’ll be recognized at a reception in April. Congratulations, Hari! 🚀
Hari Srinivasan 🎉, a 3rd-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, received the 2025 Career Luminary Award 🏆 at Vanderbilt’s Impact Awards which celebrate key contributors to student career growth.
He’ll be recognized at a reception in April. Congratulations, Hari! 🚀
March 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Big news from the Wallace Lab!
Hari Srinivasan 🎉, a 3rd-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, received the 2025 Career Luminary Award 🏆 at Vanderbilt’s Impact Awards which celebrate key contributors to student career growth.
He’ll be recognized at a reception in April. Congratulations, Hari! 🚀
Hari Srinivasan 🎉, a 3rd-year Neuroscience PhD candidate, received the 2025 Career Luminary Award 🏆 at Vanderbilt’s Impact Awards which celebrate key contributors to student career growth.
He’ll be recognized at a reception in April. Congratulations, Hari! 🚀
Major shoutout to our Wallace Lab teammate Dr. Ansley Kunnath!
She defended her PhD AND got her research accepted to Scientific Reports—all in one week! 🧠✨
Her work explores how multisensory training boosts speech processing.
#PhDDefense @ansleykunnath.bsky.social @mtwallace.bsky.social
She defended her PhD AND got her research accepted to Scientific Reports—all in one week! 🧠✨
Her work explores how multisensory training boosts speech processing.
#PhDDefense @ansleykunnath.bsky.social @mtwallace.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Major shoutout to our Wallace Lab teammate Dr. Ansley Kunnath!
She defended her PhD AND got her research accepted to Scientific Reports—all in one week! 🧠✨
Her work explores how multisensory training boosts speech processing.
#PhDDefense @ansleykunnath.bsky.social @mtwallace.bsky.social
She defended her PhD AND got her research accepted to Scientific Reports—all in one week! 🧠✨
Her work explores how multisensory training boosts speech processing.
#PhDDefense @ansleykunnath.bsky.social @mtwallace.bsky.social
The Wallace Multisensory Lab is getting a tech refresh! 🔧📦
That means some good old-fashioned teamwork to clear space for exciting updates. Science isn’t just about data—it’s about collaboration (and sometimes a little heavy lifting). 💪
#Neuroscience #LabLife #ScienceInAction #VanderbiltResearch
That means some good old-fashioned teamwork to clear space for exciting updates. Science isn’t just about data—it’s about collaboration (and sometimes a little heavy lifting). 💪
#Neuroscience #LabLife #ScienceInAction #VanderbiltResearch
March 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Wallace Multisensory Lab is getting a tech refresh! 🔧📦
That means some good old-fashioned teamwork to clear space for exciting updates. Science isn’t just about data—it’s about collaboration (and sometimes a little heavy lifting). 💪
#Neuroscience #LabLife #ScienceInAction #VanderbiltResearch
That means some good old-fashioned teamwork to clear space for exciting updates. Science isn’t just about data—it’s about collaboration (and sometimes a little heavy lifting). 💪
#Neuroscience #LabLife #ScienceInAction #VanderbiltResearch