Ayman Aljishi
a PhD student
Ayman Aljishi
Ayman Aljishi
About
Ayman Aljishi is a PhD student at Vanderbilt University in the USA. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University, also in the USA.
Current research
Ayman Aljishi focuses his current research on the neural basis of sleep-related memory consolidation. He investigates how the hippocampus and neocortex coordinate during sleep to support the stabilization and long-term storage of memory in freely behaving macaque monkeys. Under the supervision of Kari Hoffman, PhD, and using high-density invasive electrophysiological recordings across multiple brain regions, his work examines the coordination of neural activity across distributed circuits, with particular emphasis on sleep oscillations, inter-regional communication, and the reactivation of memory-related patterns. His research aims to advance the understanding of the circuit-level processes through which sleep supports memory consolidation in a translational primate model.
Future research vision
His future research goals involve pursuing an academic career in human cognitive neuroscience and electrophysiology.
Key publications

Aljishi A, Sherman BE, Huberdeau DM, Obaid S, Khan K, Lamsam L, Zion Z, Sivaraju A, Turk-Browne NB, and Damisah EC (2024). Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain. Epilepsia. 65:753–765. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17871.

Sherman BE, Aljishi A, Graves KN, Quraishi IH, Sivaraju A, Turk-Browne NB, and Damisah EC (2023). Intracranial entrainment reveals statistical learning across levels of abstraction. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 35(8): 1312–1328. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02012

Obaid S, Qureshi HM, Aljishi A, Shaikh N, Kundishora AJ, Bronen RA, DiLuna M, and Damisah EC (2022). Child Neurology: Functional reorganization mediating SMA syndrome recovery in agenesis of the corpus callosum. Neurology, 99(4), 161-165. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200772

Key awards
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