Ryan A. Langlois, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
Ryan received his B.S. in Biology from The University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, later earning a Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Iowa. Ryan did his postdoctoral fellowship training at Mount Sinai in New York City. He joined the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota in 2014.
Frances Shepherd, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Frances graduated with a B.S. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014. She earned her Ph.D. in the Veterinary Medicine program at the University of Minnesota focusing on the evolution of rotavirus in swine. She joined the Langlois Lab in 2020.
Jordan Becker, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jordan received his B.S. in Kinesiology in 2009 and Ph. D. in Cancer Biology and Molecular Virology in 2017 from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Jordan Joined the Langlois Lab in 2022 after a postdoctoral fellowship with the Reuben Harris Lab.
Cera McDonald, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cera graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology in 2014 and an MSc in Life and Medical Sciences in 2016. She completed her doctoral degree in 2022 in the Genes and Development program of the Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences at the University of Göttingen in Germany, focusing on transcriptional regulation by the transcription factor Tfap2c. She joined the Langlois lab in 2022.
Patrick Grady, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Pat received his B.S. in Biology in 2009. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Boston College where he studied epigenetic regulation of chromatin. He joined the Langlois Lab in 2024.
Dira Putri
ph.d. Student
Dira graduated with a B.S. from California State University Long Beach in 2016. She is a graduate student in the lab through the Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MICaB) program as of 2019.
Alison Barkhymer
PH.D. Student
Alison joined the lab in 2021. Welcome!
Tristan Neal
Ph.D. Student
Tristan graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Arizona State University in 2019 and studied human polyomaviruses as a postbaccalaureate trainee at the NIH. He is a graduate student in the Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology program and joined the Langlois lab in 2022.
Mark Salnikov
PH.D. Student
Mark graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2021. After graduating, he worked as a technician for Steve Rice, studying herpesviruses. Mark joined the MICaB graduate program in 2023.
Clayton Mickelson, M.S
MS RESEARCH Technician / Lab Manager
Clay received his B.A. in Biology and in Sociology/Anthropology from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2016. He then received his M.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He joined the Langlois Lab in 2020.
Adam Gilbertsen
Scientific Director - Antiviral Drug Discovery Core
Adam received his B.S. in Biology from Bethel University. He joined the University of Minnesota in 2007, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota in 2018.
Autumn Sanders
Research Technician
Autumn received her B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Minnesota in 2022. She joined the Langlois Lab in 2022.
Lauren Pross
Research Technician
Lauren begun pursuing a Microbiology major and Public Health minor at the U of M in 2019. She joined the lab as an undergraduate researcher in 2021 and as a Research Technician in 2023 after graduating with a degree in Microbiology.
Esther Vogt
Research Technician
Sahil Kamat
Undergraduate Researcher
Sri Jay
Undergraduate Researcher
Sri began pursing a Human Physiology major with a Leadership minor on the Pre-Dental track at the UMN in 2020. She joined the lab as an undergraduate researcher in 2021!
Past Members
Stan Roach, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University
William Matchett, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, St. Olaf
Elizabeth Fay, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow at UC San Diego
Barbara Waring – Ph.D. Student University of California - Irvine
Lucy Sjaastad, Ph.D. – Clinical Research Specialist, Medtronic
Ian Stone – Ph.D. Student University of Rochester
Stephanie Aron – Resident - UC San Diego
Allison Bauman – Scientist, IEH Labs
Matthew Jorgensen – Medical Student - William Carey University
Yiping Ren – Undergraduate Researcher
Kyra Noell - Research Technician - University of Colorado
Rob Hofmann -
Drew Tucker - Medical Student - University of Missouri
Beth Thielen, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Thu Phan, Ph.D. - Gilead
Jessica Fiege, Ph.D. - Bio-Techne
Hannah Rahn - Dental Student - University of Iowa
Marissa Amerongen - Medical Student - Mayo Clinic