Current Members
Mark Wallace
Principal Investigator
Director of Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Research Interests: Multisensory processing, development and plasticity, developmental disabilities
Has been known to: herd cats... in both the figurative and literal sense.
Matthew Fister
Laboratory Manager
matthew.c.fister@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests: Multisensory integration in the Anterior Ectosylvian Sulcus and Superior Colliculus
Has been known to: think outside and around the box.
Vera Blau
Post-doctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Multisensory integration, human development, statistical learning, developmental disabilities.
Has been known to: mix Dutch and German while speaking
Zach Barnett
Research Assistant
Research Interests: Working with electrophysiology equipment
Has been known to: do a little coding.
Matt Hevey
Research Assistant
matthew.a.hevey@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests: Neuroimaging techniques, multisensory perception interactions
Has been known to: secretly scan people's brains.
Michelle Young
Research Assistant
michelle.s.young@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests:
Has been known to: bring in German treats for Juliane.
Leslie Dowell
Graduate Student
leslie.e.dowell@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests: Deficits in multisensory processing in developmental disorders such as autism and dyslexia.
Has been known to: remind Mark of how old he is.
Dipanwita Ghose
Graduate Student
dipanwita.ghose@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests: Multisensory integration and its coding in the brain
Has been known to: become impatient and drive herself crazy!!!
Andrea Hillock
Audiologist/Graduate Student
Research Interests: multisensory processing, development, and plasticity
Has been known to:perform renditions of America's favorite red monster, Elmo.
Juliane Krueger
Graduate Student
juliane.krueger@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests: Multisensory integration in the Superior Colliculus and brain plasticity
Has been known to: talk too loud.
Aaron Nidiffer
Graduate Student
aaron.r.nidiffer@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests: Multisensory integration in the Superior Colliculus, frequency perception, and binaural hearing
Has been known to: have reaction times three standard deviations faster than normal.
Al Powers
Graduate Student/Medical Student
Research Interests: Multisensory perceptual learning and Dyslexia
Has been known to: sing operetta in the Whisper Room.
Laura D'Aoust
Graduate Student/Medical Student
Research Interests:
Has been known to:.
Raquel Zemtsov
Undergraduate Student
raquel.k.zemtsov@vanderbilt.edu
Research Interests:
Has been known to:.
