People
JUSTIN MELUNIS
Personal Statement
Hello, I enjoy to spend time with my family and cooking large meals. I also enjoy things such as building my own furniture, arts and crafts and kayaking. I really enjoy learning, even if its not anything related to my research. I also am a veteran and completed a tour in Iraq. I really hope, like most everyone else, to hopefully travel and experience other cultures.Research Statement
My current research focuses on understanding the dynamics of calcium within lymphocytes and how this affects immune function. I am attempting to model the interactions that take place during immune cell stimulation, how this is translated into a calcium signal, and how that signal is translated into a proper response.Projects
[4] CRAC channels provide a mechanism that can alter calcium's oscillatory behavior in response to external stimulus[3] CD28's Role on Calcium Influx of Thymocytes
[2] A stochastic model of Stim/Orai interactions due to diffusive trapping
[1] The analysis of computational images of neural progenitors
Awards
[6] Society for Mathematical Biology Travel Award-2014[5] Drexel Office of Graduate Studies Travel Grant-2014
[4] Dean's Fellowship-2012
[3] GAANN doctoral fellowship-2013
[2] NJSGC 2011-2012 Annual Academic Year Fellowship-2011
[1] NJ STARS scholarship-2007