Latham Lab at UMN

Research Team

Michael Latham, PhD

Primary Investigator

Marella Canny

Sr. Research Associate, Lab Manager

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Ritika Kukreja

Graduate Student, 5th year

Stephan Azatian standing in front of a research poster.

Stephan Azatian

Graduate Student, 4th year

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Olivia Krise

Graduate Student, 3rd year

Emma Miller

Graduate Student, 2nd year

Latham Lab Graduates: PhD and Masters degrees

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Ajeak Vigneswaran PhD, Jan 2026

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Mahtab Beikzadeh PhD, Aug 2022, TTU*

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Henry Garcia Masters, Aug 2022, TTU

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Elahe Masoumzadeh PhD, May 2021 TTU

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Samiur Rahman PhD, May 2021 TTU

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Tanner Buschmann Masters, May 2021 TTU

Zachary Boswell PhD, June 2020 TTU

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Navneet Kaur Masters, May 2018 TTU

*TTU indicates lab members from 2015-2022 when the Latham Lab was at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas

Past Latham Lab Undergraduate Researchers

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Julie Sang (TTU)

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Rohan Pendse (TTU)

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Nolan Watt (TTU)

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Nicholas Marshall (TTU)

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Kayleigh Cumpian (TTU)

Not pictured: Matthew Walters (UMN), Yabodrick Hunter (TTU), Silvestre Cuellar (TTU), and Tanner Robertson (TTU)

Welch High School Summer Scholars (at Texas Tech Univ. 2015-2019): Anushka Jetly, Julie Sang, Osric Nagle, Sindhura Sridhar, Kanchana Raja

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Four images of smiling graduate students standing beside their scientific research posters.

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