Kesavalu Lakshmyya, B.V.Sc., M.Sc., S.C.C., is an associate professor at the University of Florida, College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology. Prior to joining the University of Florida faculty, he was an associate research professor at the University of Kentucky, Department of Oral Health Science, Center for Oral Health Research.
He earned his B.V.Sc. in veterinary medicine and surgery from Madras University, Chennia, India, in 1971; his S.C.C. in advanced statistics from the Institute of Agricultural Research Statistics, New Delhi, India, in 1975; and his M.Sc. in medical microbiology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 1979. Additionally, he was a post-doc fellow at the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver and at the University of Texas at San Antonio Health and Science Center, where he worked on a National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research project under his research mentors Jeffrey Ebersole and Stanley Holt.