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 and 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
Favorite Sensory Experience:
Dr. Henry Ong
Dr. Henry Ong
Dr. Marcus Watson
Title: Research Program Manager
Adam Tiesman
Dr. Henry Ong
Eliza Brandon
Title: Research Assistant
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
Eliza Brandon
Dr. Henry Ong
Eliza Brandon
Title: Recruitment Coordinator
Has been known to: have only pictures of her dogs in her camera roll
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Email: elizabeth.g.brandon@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Smelling peonies
Adriana Schoenhaut
Adriana Schoenhaut
Adriana Schoenhaut
Title: 6th year neuroscience phd student
Research interests: motion processing, non-human primate behavior and neurophysiology, decision making models
Has been known to: sit at her desk in bizarre positions
Hometown: Stamford CT/Summit NJ
Email: adrianaschoenhaut@gmail.com
Favorite Sensory Experience: curling noodles around a fork
Hari Srinivasan
Adriana Schoenhaut
Adriana Schoenhaut
Title: Ph.D 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
Ingrid Shragge
Adriana Schoenhaut
Ingrid Shragge
Title: M.ED Candidate in Child Studies
Research interests: Females with ASD, masking/camouflaging, social interactions
Has been known to: have a array of fidget toys and tennis balls while she works
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Email: ingrid.shragge@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Eating the exact same thing at the same time as someone else
Sarah Vassall
Harper Marshall
Ingrid Shragge
Title: PhD Student
Research interests: sensory processing in autism; sensory development; cross-diagnostic research
Has been known to: talk politics when nobody asked
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Email: sarah.g.vassall@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: the visual experience of sludgy rock music (I have synesthesia)
Emily Garcia
Harper Marshall
Harper Marshall
Title: M.S. Student
Research interests: Multisensory integration and attention within virtual reality (VR) environments
Has been known to: teach her dog new tricks
Hometown: Burbank, California
Email: emily.e.garcia@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: smelling candles
Harper Marshall
Harper Marshall
Harper Marshall
Title: 1st Year PhD Student
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
Ansley Kunnath
William Quackenbush
Ansley Kunnath
Title: PhD, MD candidate
Research interests: neuroplasticity, cochlear implants, audiovisual training, neuromodulation
Has been known to: explore over 60 coffee shops in Nashville
Hometown: Allentown, NJ
Email: ansley.j.kunnath@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: driving through a car wash
Anna Machado
William Quackenbush
Ansley Kunnath
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
William Quackenbush
William Quackenbush
William Quackenbush
Title: 3rd Year PhD Candidate
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
Kalina Stoyanova
Kalina Stoyanova
William Quackenbush
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: audiovisual motion perception, sensory integration
Has been known to: skydive!!
Hometown: New York
Email: kalina.stoyanova@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: The feeling of velvet (especially the shaggy rugs and blankets)
Mckenzie King
Kalina Stoyanova
Samuel Rosencrans
Title: Research Assistant
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 and Gulf Shores, AL
Email: mckenzie.r.king@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Rubbing the divot in my crystal necklace like a worry stone.
Samuel Rosencrans
Kalina Stoyanova
Samuel Rosencrans
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: The role of music in multisensory integration. How multisensory integration can explain the origins of the self.
Has been known to: spend multiple days at a time on a ladder.
Hometown: Glen Head, New York
Email: samuel.g.rosencrans@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Listening to Music
Samir Mansouri
Samir Mansouri
Samir Mansouri
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Multisensory Integration, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Evolutionary Neuroscience (how brains evolved in humans)
Has been known to: watch sports all day every day.
Hometown: Westchester, New York
Email: samir.m.mansouri@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Haptic feedback on Playstation controllers
Mingyang Jiang
Samir Mansouri
Samir Mansouri
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Manipulation
Has been known to: play the violin for 12 years
Hometown: Suzhou, China
Email: mingyang.jiang@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: whistle classical music melody
Andrew Kim
Samir Mansouri
Andrew Kim
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: Effects of Multisensory Integration on Cochlear Implant Patients
Has been known to: obsess over soccer
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Email: andrew.s.kim@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: Scratching an itchy spot
Ivy Lin
Shatakshi Goyal
Andrew Kim
Title: Research Assistant
Research interests: computational models, quantitative psychology, sensation and perception, language and literacy
Has been known to: be directionally challenged
Hometown: Murfreesboro, TN
Email: ivy.lin@vanderbilt.edu
Favorite Sensory Experience: feeling different textures/materials
Shatakshi Goyal
Shatakshi Goyal
Shatakshi Goyal
Title: M.S Student
Research interests: Temporal Rhythm in WM
Has been known to: Dance in the rain
Hometown: Boise, ID
Email: shatakshi.goyal@gmail.com
Favorite Sensory Experience: Dancing barefoot in nature