Current Lab Members
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Eric Melonakos
Cell Biology & Physiology Assistant Professor
Room: 3041
Our lab is led by the amazing Dr. Eric Melonakos! He is from North Carolina and has three adorable children. Ask him about the time he licked the Moon!
Room: 3041
Our lab is led by the amazing Dr. Eric Melonakos! He is from North Carolina and has three adorable children. Ask him about the time he licked the Moon!
Graduate Students
Jonah Burch
Neuro MS Student
Dr. Eric Melonakos Lab
Dr. Eric Melonakos Lab
Clayton Rawson
CELL MS Student
Dr. Eric Melonakos Lab
Dr. Eric Melonakos Lab
Cassandra Diaz
CELL PhD Student
Dr. Eric Melonakos Lab
Dr. Eric Melonakos Lab
Undergraduate Students
Madison Ricks
Madison is a pre-med junior from Phoenix, Arizona studying neuroscience. She loves all things outdoors, especially boating. Her claim to fame is that she learned how to slalom ski when she was 8!
Jason Frentheway
Jason is a pre-med junior from Cheyenne Wyoming studying Cell Biology and Physiology. He likes running and exploring the outdoors.
Fernanda Camela
Fernanda is a pre-med junior from Chihuahua, Mexico, studying Neuroscience. She enjoys playing the piano, and is always excited to learn something new.
Kaemon Dix
Kaemon is a pre-med junior from Stansbury Park, Utah, studying Neuroscience and Scandinavian studies. He loves the outdoors, sports, and playing the guitar.
Luke Martinez
I'm Luke! I'm a pre-med junior majoring in Neuroscience! I'm from southwest Washington State. In my free time I enjoy hiking, cooking, and taught myself how to drive stickshift.
Connor Lyon
Conner is a pre-med Junior from West Jordan, Utah studying Biophysics and Global and Community Impact. Outside of school I'm a race car driver and love freediving.
Sam Scheffner
Sam is a pre-med senior from Sandy, Utah, studying neuroscience. He enjoys practicing jiu jitsu, and occasionally goes target shooting with his bow and arrows.
Eli Keldsen
Eli is a pre-med sophomore from Bend, Oregon, studying Applied and Computational Math (ACME). In addition to his work in the Melonakos lab, he develops computational tools for epilepsy monitoring units and other neurological applications.
Davis Church
Davis is a pre-med sophomore from Gilbert, Arizona, studying Exercise Science. He loves to play basketball.
Ian Jackson
Ian is a pre-med sophomore from Clearfield, Utah studying Microbiology. He can solve a 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube in 20 seconds.
Joy Kramer
Joy is a pre-med junior from Washington, D.C. studying neuroscience. She has been playing the piano for sixteen years!
Hayden Grossarth
Hayden is a pre-med junior from Gilbert, Arizona, studying biophysics. When he’s not in school he’s a river rafting guide and he once hiked Timp with a birthday cake on his back.
Jace Franco
Jace is a pre-med senior from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania studying Applied and Computational Math (ACME). When he was in 5th grade, he and a friend made the news by raising horseshoe crabs from birth.
Josie Allred
Josie is a junior studying Applied and Computational Math (ACME), particularly focusing on the intersection of math and biology. She is from Plano, Texas and loves to rock climb so much, she once spent two hours just hanging out on the end of a rope.
Kyler Johnson
Kyler is a pre-med sophomore studying Cell Biology and Physiology from North Logan, Utah. He plays lacrosse and hockey and loves dipping sweet chili Doritos in cottage cheese.
Mia Mendoza
Mia is a pre-med sophomore studying Cell Biology and Physiology. Before she came to BYU she studied the violin for nearly a decade.
Lily Cardall
I am from Provo, Utah and am studying Neuroscience! I love hiking, rock climbing, skiing, and anything outdoors!