2025 Career Luminary Award

Yes. I got one of those glass triangles on the table. Solid and heavy. 

Super cool to get an Impact Award.

Special shoutout to Keivan Stassun & Tim Vogus for recruiting me to Vanderbilt University in the first place, to be able to contribute to IMPACT here.

Established in 2024, these awards recognize the essential contributors to student career growth across eleven categories for faculty, staff, alums, parents, employer partners, and students.

Dear Hari Srinivasan, 

Congratulations! You are a 2025 recipient of the Career Luminary Award.

Your outstanding contributions to career empowerment within our university community have not gone unnoticed, and we are thrilled to honor your dedication and excellence. These awards are incredibly special,

Career Luminary Award (Current PhD Student): This award celebrates a graduate student who has shown exceptional dedication to career development within their academic program and has made a significant impact on career-related initiatives.

 

First Forum Presentation

 Exciting News from our Lab! 

We're proud to share that two of our talented third-year PhD candidates in Neuroscience, William Quackenbush and

Hari Srinivasan, recently presented their research at the Vanderbilt Brain Institute's Neuroscience Graduate Program Research Forum! 

This was their first time presenting at the forum, and both talks were incredibly well received.

 Coinciding with Autism Month of April, Hari Srinivasan presented his research on: "Virtual Bubbles, Real Insights: Investigating Peripersonal Space (PPS) in Autism." Hari's work explores how autistics process the space around their bodies, offering a novel perspective on sensory-motor integration.

 In March, William Quackenbush presented his research on: "Regulating Rhythms: Elucidating Brain-Behavior Relationships of Motor Stereotypies Across Sensory Landscapes." His work focuses on motor stereotypies (or stimming) in autism, aiming to understand the sensory and motor dynamics that shape these behaviors.

 Both William and Hari are co-mentored by Prof. Mark Wallace at Vanderbilt and Prof. Carissa Cascio (now at the University of Kansas, Lawrence). They are also NISE Fellows (Neurodiversity Inspired Science & Engineering Fellows) at the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, reflecting their commitment to advancing autism research through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.

 It’s exciting to see these promising areas of research being presented at the forum! Congratulations to both William and Hari on their well-received presentations!

Vanderbilt Brain Institute Retreat

 This will be my 3rd VBI retreat as a grad student.