Hari SRINIVASAN BIO Updated Apr '24
Hari is a PhD Neuroscience student at Vanderbilt University. He is NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a PD Soros Fellow, a NISE (Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering) Fellow at the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt. Hari is a member of two labs that research sensory issues in autism, the Cascio LASR Lab and the Wallace Multisensory Lab. He hopes his graduate school research will not just add to knowledge in this area, but also contribute to translatable solutions. He also hopes to redefine the way autism research itself is done so it is more inclusive of the entire spectrum.
Hari is an alum of UC Berkeley (Psychology, minor Disability Studies) where he was University Medal Finalist and Phi Beta Kappa amongst other honors and distinctions. He was President of the student body, Spectrum at Cal and ran a weekly class on autism for seven semesters. He led Team Propaganda at the UC Berkeley Disability Lab. As a Berkeley Haas Scholar, he conducted funded independent research into the emotions of awe and empathy in autism.
Hari has autism, ADHD, limited spoken communication, sensory processing issues, OCD, social anxiety, health issues and other challenges that do present significant challenges in his everyday life. His lived experience means he is very motivated and vested in seeing not just explanations but also real solutions and progress.
Hari is active in the autism advocacy space and on the boards / advisory boards / scientific advisory of multiple disability organizations that address policy and research (DREDF, ASAN, Duke University’s ACE, The Brain Foundation, and Autism Europe). He was also selected to be on NIMH’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee which helps advise federal policy on autism research priorities. His advocacy has been featured on President Obama’s instagram on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and his talks include speaking at the UN and several keynotes.
Hari also writes extensively on issues related to autism and has been published in various high impact forums such Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Boston Globe and Psychology Today. He is a Public Voices Fellow at the Op-Ed Project. Hari is also an avid poet and creative writer with many of his works having won awards and published in numerous places, and has consulted on character development for Netflix's 'Ada-Twist, Scientist," science themed animated series for children.
You can read up or follow Hari on YouTube @neuroscientist108, X/IG/FB @harisri108, Bluesky @neuroscientist and his blog uniquelyhari.blogspot.com
Hari is active in the autism advocacy space and on the boards / advisory boards / scientific advisory of multiple disability organizations that address policy and research (DREDF, ASAN, Duke University’s ACE, The Brain Foundation, and Autism Europe). He was also selected to be on NIMH’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee which helps advise federal policy on autism research priorities. His advocacy has been featured on President Obama’s instagram on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and his talks include speaking at the UN and several keynotes.
Hari also writes extensively on issues related to autism and has been published in various high impact forums such Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Boston Globe and Psychology Today. He is a Public Voices Fellow at the Op-Ed Project. Hari is also an avid poet and creative writer with many of his works having won awards and published in numerous places, and has consulted on character development for Netflix's 'Ada-Twist, Scientist," science themed animated series for children.
You can read up or follow Hari on YouTube @neuroscientist108, X/IG/FB @harisri108, Bluesky @neuroscientist and his blog uniquelyhari.blogspot.com
Other former affiliations include INSAR's Autistic Researcher's Committee, Public Voices Fellow at the Op-Ed Project.
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