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Dr. Renate Lux is a Professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry, specializing in biosystems function. Her research focuses on biofilms associated with periodontal health and disease at the molecular level, investigating the risk factors for periodontal disease including diabetes and smoking. Her lab also studies the effects of tobacco and cannabis products on the cariogenic relationship with oral streptococci and Candida species. The line of research explores fusobacterial interspecies interactions at the molecular level. Dr. Lux holds a Master's degree in Biology with a specialty in Genetics and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, both from the University of Osnabruck, Germany. She began her career by exploring bacterial swimming behavior before expanding her interest to the detailed study of bacterial interactions and biofilms related to health and disease-associated oral microbiomes.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.