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.

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.

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

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 ↓

Loved this reflection from @jslbutler.bsky.social on IMRF 2025. The beauty of this conference is exactly that — the mix of perspectives and a true multisensory mosaic. 📍 Durham, UK | #IMRF2025 #MultisensoryResearch #NeuroscienceCommunity #AcademicConferences

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! 🧠

🧠💫 From audiovisual motion to Shepherd’s pie — Kalina Stoyanova is taking it all on at #IMRF2025! Undergrad RA, all-rounder, and poster presenter. Full spotlight → www.instagram.com/p/DL3R33fsUf... #WallaceLab #MultisensoryResearch #UndergradResearch #Neuroscience

🌀 Adam Tiesman is headed to #IMRF2025 to share insights on audiovisual motion perception—and maybe try mushy peas too. Catch his spotlight → www.instagram.com/p/DL3QPHGsfn... #WallaceLab #Neuroscience #MultisensoryScience #PhDLife @durham-university.bsky.social

🫧 Bubble pop meets brain science! Hari Srinivasan presents on Peripersonal Space in autism at #IMRF2025 in Durham, UK. Catch his spotlight here www.instagram.com/p/DL3Ooaevd6... @neuroscientist.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social

🎙️ From keynote buzz to biscuit priorities—Prof. Mark Wallace is headed to #IMRF2025 as Keynote Speaker! Catch his spotlight here: www.instagram.com/p/DL3NTccPwY... #WallaceLab #Neuroscience #MultisensoryScience @durhamuniversity.bsky.social #multisensory

🧠 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! 🏏🇬🇧

🧠 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! 🏏🇬🇧

🎉 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

Undergraduate Spotlight Meet Ivy, a junior at Vanderbilt studying Math, Psychology & Data Science. From motion-tracking gloves in the CAVE to pushing every button in sight, she brings curiosity and fun to the Wallace Lab! www.instagram.com/p/DLpgsbmMjw...

🔦 Undergraduate Spotlight: Franklin Udensi Meet Franklin, a junior at Vanderbilt double majoring in Cognitive Studies and Computer Science. He brings curiosity, creativity, and a sense of humor to the Wallace Lab; plus a serious passion for Virtual Reality. www.instagram.com/p/DLn_K9DsU-...

🌟 Meet Hannah Bertisch, a senior Neuroscience major in the Wallace Lab! Whether she’s chasing powder down a ski slope or powering through RA work with Broadway hits, Hannah brings energy, joy, and a love of learning to everything she does. www.instagram.com/p/DLv5FBosYm...

🌟 Meet Wesley Williams, a junior at Vanderbilt majoring in Medicine, Health, and Society with a minor in Business. From mastering monkey-chairing to vibing with The Smiths (or just silent AirPods), Wes brings energy, humor, and focus to the Wallace Lab. www.instagram.com/p/DLv32CXMWb...

🌟 Meet Adhya Soni, a sophomore at Columbia studying Psychology and Public Health. Drawn by the lab’s focus on multisensory cognition, Adhya brings thoughtful curiosity, humor, and a deep appreciation for soft-furred lab breaks (aka her dog 🐶). www.instagram.com/p/DLv0vAnM-e...

🌟 Meet Andrew Kim, a senior Neuroscience major in the Wallace Lab! Whether it’s running out mid-EEG session to catch the solar eclipse or tuning into Paul Blanco for R&B-fueled RA focus, Andrew brings calm curiosity and sharp insight to the lab. www.instagram.com/p/DLvzuRXMyh...

🌟 Meet Emma Portnoy, a junior at Yale majoring in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. A passionate advocate for the autism community, Emma joined the Wallace Lab to help make research—and the world—a more inclusive space. www.instagram.com/p/DLvyOd2svW...

🌟 Meet Samir Mansouri, a senior Neuroscience major in the Wallace Lab! From multisensory integration class to mastering lab skills (and chess boards), Samir brings focus, strategy, and hip-hop beats to the RA experience. www.instagram.com/p/DLvl5w1sLT...

Meet Kalina Stoyanova, a senior Neuroscience major (with Psychology and Biology minors!) in the Wallace Lab. From neurobio lectures to EDM-powered RA sessions, Kalina brings curiosity, precision, and beachy lab vibes. 📲 Check out her full spotlight on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DLvUjEkPrr...

🎓 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.

New article up in Psychology Today by our PhD candidate lab member, Hari Srinivasan. He writes about the myth that autistic people “grow out” of autism and how that belief still affects adult support today. 🔗 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/givi... #PsychologyToday @neuroscientist.bsky.social

🚀 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. 🎉 You can read Hari's foreword at www.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinn... @neuroscientist.bsky.social

🎻 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

🎓 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

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

🚀 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! 📘

🎓 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.

🧠✨ 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!

🧠✈️ 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

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

Just completed a peer review for JADD (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders). Good to get to contribute to the scientific process from the other side. It’s unexpectedly empowering to get to evaluate work in your field. @wallacelab.bsky.social

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

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

🎉 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

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! 🚀

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

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

"Ansley has all the characteristics of a great physician-scientist—smart, compassionate, hardworking, and creative." – Prof. Mark Wallace, PI Today, she made it official—Dr. Ansley Kunnath has successfully defended her PhD! 🎉 (MD next!) #PhDDefense #MultisensoryWorld @ansleykunnath.bsky.social

Brain Blast 2025 = a total success! 🎉 Kids popped VR bubbles with enthusiasm, and used the Haply Robot to dunk rubber ducks, and explore textures. Even high schoolers stopped by to chat about neuroscience in college! 🧠 Big thanks to our lab fam 💙 #BrainBlast2025 #Vanderbilt #WallaceLab

🎉🧠 Brain Blast 2025! Join Wallace Multisensory Lab (Booth 11) on March 22, 10AM–2PM at Nashville Public Library. Explore virtual bubbles, check out textures with our Haply robot, watch cool neuroscience videos, and grab free goodies for kids! #BrainBlast2025 #Neuroscience #Vanderbilt

Exciting lab moment! 🎉 MD/PhD candidate Ansley Kunnath defends her dissertation, "Multisensory Integration & Neuroplasticity in Adults with Cochlear Implants" on March 24. Congrats Ansley! 🧠 #PhDDefense #Neuroscience #AcademicLife @ansleykunnath.bsky.social

Congrats Hari Srinivasan (3rd year Neuroscience PhD)! 🎉 Recognized tonight at Vanderbilt's Grad School Honors Banquet for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Proud lab moment! #NSFGRFP #VandyGrad #Neuroscience @neuroscientist.bsky.social

New paper from our lab 🎉 led by Sarah Vassall (PhD candidate about to defend!), found minimal group differences in auditory & visual oddball tasks in autism. Check it out open-access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Autism #Neuroscience #OpenScience

Our lab member, Hari Srinivasan and Amber Crabtree led a discussion on neurodivergent experiences at this NSF sponsored engineering visioning event, hosted by the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University. www.ervacommunity.org/event/vision... @neuroscientist.bsky.social

Introducing the Wallace Lab Team.