Meet The Wallace Lab
From left to right: Hari Srinivasan, Adam Tiesman, Sarah Vassall, William Quackenbush, Ansley Kunnath, Anna Machado, Ingrid Shragge, Adriana Schoenhaut, Dr. Mark Wallace, Dr. Marcus Watson, Eliza Brandon, Dr. David Tovar, Mckenzie King, Sam Rosencrans. Missing: Dr. Henry Ong, Andrew Kim, Emily Garcia, Shatakshi Goyal, Harper Marshall.
Dr. Mark Wallace
Dr. Mark Wallace
Dr. Mark Wallace
Title: Laboratory Director
Research interests: Multisensory Processing, Development & Plasticity, Developmental Disabilities
Has been known to: Herd cats...in both the figurative and literal sense
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Email: mark.wallace@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Watching a movie at IMAX theater
Dr. David Tovar
Dr. Mark Wallace
Dr. Mark Wallace
Title: Research Professor
Research interests: Multimodal AI Models, Neural Representations, Physiology, VR/AR, Clinical Neurology
Has been known to: Build models
Hometown: Columbia, MD
Email: david.tovar@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Digging fingers through sand
Dr. Marcus Watson
Dr. Mark Wallace
Dr. Marcus Watson
Title: Software Developer
Research interests: Generalizable Tools for Psychophysics, Eye Movements, Childhood Synesthesia, Visual Attention
Has been known to: Do both dumb and fun things on skis
Hometown: Wakefield, Quebec
Email: marcus.watson@vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Henry Ong
Dr. Meagan Postema
Dr. Marcus Watson
Dr. Meagan Postema
Dr. Meagan Postema
Dr. Meagan Postema
Title: Project Manager
Has been known to: Read too many books
Hometown: Fremont, MI
Email: meagan.m.postema@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Walking through crunchy fall leaves
Mckenzie King
Dr. Meagan Postema
Dr. Meagan Postema
Title: Recruitment Coordinator
Research interests: Neurodivergencies (Autism and ADHD), Psychology through art, Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia
Has been known to: Watch 12 hour video essays while making art
Hometown: Fayetteville, TN & Gulf Shores, AL
Email: mckenzie.r.king@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Rubbing the divot in my crystal necklace like a worry stone
Hari Srinivasan
Hari Srinivasan
Hari Srinivasan
Title: PhD Candidate in Neuroscience
Research interests: Sensory Systems in Autism (focus on Peripersonal Space)
Has been known to: Weave poetry and philosophy together—finding meaning in the mundane and wonder in the profound.
Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Email: hari.srinivasan@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: The deep, resonant hum of a Tibetan singing bowl—like a wave of sound that settles into the bones, both grounding and expansive at the same time
Adam Tiesman
Hari Srinivasan
Hari Srinivasan
Title: PhD Student in Neuroscience
Research interests: Motion Processing, Bayesian Causal Inference, Decision-making Modeling, Attention
Has been known to: Force lab members to rock climb with him
Hometown: Washington, IL
Email: adam.j.tiesman@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: A warm bowl of soup on a cold rainy day
Anna Machado
Hari Srinivasan
Harper Marshall
Title: PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Neural computation, semantic binding across development, plasticity of audiovisual learning
Has been known to: Turn board games into life-or-death combat with little mercy
Hometown: Fife, Scotland
Email: anna.machado@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Watching the sunset
Harper Marshall
William Quackenbush
Harper Marshall
Title: PhD Student in Neuroscience
Research interests: The role of higher-order cognitive processes in multisensory integration and perception
Has been known to: Ride horses through the Starbucks drive-through
Hometown: College Station, TX
Email: harper.marshall@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Listening to the rain
William Quackenbush
William Quackenbush
William Quackenbush
Title: PhD Candidate in Neuroscience
Research interests: Autism, Motor Stereotypies. Sensorimotor Integration, Active Sensing
Has been known to: Know the melody to everything and the words to nothing
Hometown: Howell, Michigan
Email: william.quackenbush@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: The reverberation of an orchestra in a church
Marlisa Shaw
William Quackenbush
William Quackenbush
Title: 4th Year MSTP Student
Research interests: Sensory Reliability, Priors and Psychosis Risk in Schizophrenia, Haptics Processing
Has been known to: Speak of her dog as if she is a human child
Hometown: Union, NJ
Email: emily.e.garcia@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Sitting in the sun with a light breeze in the air
Jordan Washecheck
Jordan Washecheck
Jordan Washecheck
Title: 5th year MSTP Student
Research interests:
Has been known to:
Hometown:
Email: jordan.p.washecheck@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience:
Yifei Pan
Jordan Washecheck
Jordan Washecheck
Title: M.S Student
Research interests: How the position of sensing organs contributes to perception
Has been known to: Write with both hands
Hometown: Guangdong, China
Email: yifei.pan@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Soaking in a hot spring
Ivy Lin
Jordan Washecheck
Jade Noh
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Computational Models, Quantitative Psychology, Sensation & Perception, Language & Literacy
Has been known to: Be directionally challenged
Hometown: Murfreesboro, TN
Email: ivy.lin@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Feeling different textures/materials
Jade Noh
Adriano Cristaldi
Jade Noh
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Parkinson's Disease & Motor Control
Has been known to: Be a coffee addict
Hometown: Jeju, South Korea
Email: you-hyun.noh@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Cuddling with my dog on a fall afternoon!
Adriano Cristaldi
Adriano Cristaldi
Adriano Cristaldi
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Audiovisual Sensory Integration, Synesthesia, Learning Plasticity
Has been known to: Always have a pair of headphones on
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Email: adriano.s.cristaldi@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Hearing surround sound audio at a great movie theater
Emmett Kappesser
Adriano Cristaldi
Adriano Cristaldi
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Audio localization and Bone conduction hearing
Has been known to: Rollerblade across Nashville
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Email: emmett.a.kappesser@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Diving under a big wave at the beach
Phoebe Cao
Celeste Lora
Celeste Lora
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Multisensory Integration, Peripersonal Space, Psychopharmacology
Has been known to: Go down Wikipedia rabbitholes
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Email: phoebe.m.cao@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Burying my face into my cat's fur
Celeste Lora
Celeste Lora
Celeste Lora
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: CRISPR and Multisensory Integration under Stress Conditions
Has been known to: Always be drinking bubble tea
Hometown: La Paz, Bolivia
Email: luciana.c.lora@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: The weight of a heavy blanket
Jessica Meek
Celeste Lora
Jessica Meek
Title: M.S Student
Research interests: Audio and Visual Motion Processing, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Hearing Loss
Has been known to: Always have a coffee in hand
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Email: jessica.h.meek@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: The sound of waves crashing on the beach
Praveena Eswaran
Sabrina Serpa-Smith
Sabrina Serpa-Smith
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Education and Social Psychology
Has been known to: Drink too much coffee
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Email: praveena.m.eswaran@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Petting my dog's fur
Sabrina Serpa-Smith
Sabrina Serpa-Smith
Sabrina Serpa-Smith
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Neuroimmunology, VR/AR, Peripersonal Space
Has been known to: Explore random events in Nashville
Hometown: New York, New York
Email: sabrina.l.serpa-smith@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Experience
Jumping the waves in the ocean
Ari Munkhbold
Sabrina Serpa-Smith
Ari Munkhbold
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Audiovisual learning. VR/AR, Machine Learning, AI, Multisensory Integration
Has been known to: Laugh at the worst timing
Hometown: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Email: ariunkhishig.munkhbold@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Diving into water on a sunny day
Rylee Donohue
Ari Munkhbold
Rylee Donohue
Rylee Donohue
Rylee Donohue
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Audio Visual Localization and Qualitative/Mixed-Methods
Has been known to: Continue to say excuse me and good-morning in German
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Email: rylee.c.donohue@Vanderbilt.Edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: The smell of smoke
Rylee Donohue
Rylee Donohue