Wyndham Willoughby Lathem (born August 10, 1974) is a former associate professor of microbiology-immunology in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
He is a specialist in pathogenic bacteria, and specifically in how the Black Death plague causes disease in human beings and how it has evolved over time.
On July 27, 2017, a fatal stabbing occurred at Wyndham's Chicago apartment.
Following the stabbing Wyndham went missing, but he eventually turned himself in to police in Oakland, California on August 4.