Faculty

Dr. Caroline Mackintosh, biology program director and associate professor, joined the faculty of the University of Saint Mary in the fall of 2004. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Edinburgh, her master’s from the University of Aberdeen, and her Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow.

Before coming to USM, Dr. Mackintosh worked at Penn State University and the University of Minnesota. At Penn State, she used transgenic and mutant mouse models to examine biochemical pathways and their role in cardiac disease and cancer. At Minnesota, she employed a transgenic approach to enhance the resistance of wheat and barley to a fungal disease. While there, she also completed a Future Faculty Program focused on developing teaching skills.

Dr. Mackintosh teaches a wide range of courses including ecology, diversity of plants and animals, cell biology, biotechnology, environmental problems, developmental biology, and biochemistry. She also provides opportunites for students to undertake research.

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Email: MackintoshC@stmary.edu

Dr. Cassy Cozine is an assistant professor of biology and has been teaching at the University of Saint Mary since the Spring of 2009. She earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of Southern Mississippi and her Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Iowa.

During her postdoctoral research position at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Dr. Cozine studied immunologic and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathology of the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. At Buena Vista University, she completed a post-doctoral teaching fellowship where she focused on undergraduate teaching and research.

Dr. Cozine’s current research interests at USM include investigating the use of homeopathic compounds for use as antimicrobial agents.  Students have recently investigated the effects of EGCG, a component of green tea, on microbial growth and survival.

Dr. Cozine’s courses include Human Anatomy & Physiology I and II, Basic Microbiology, Immunology, Genetics, Evolution, Nutrition, Biology for Today and co-teaching senior seminar courses.  Her favorite thing about teaching at USM is the small classroom and lab environment that allows her to get to know her students and provide them more individualized instruction.

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Email: Cozine44@stmary.edu

Dr. Jemima Ingle, chemistry program director and assistant professor of chemistry, joined the faculty at the University of Saint Mary in the Fall of 2008.  She completed her undergraduate education at Howard Payne University (B.A., 2001), and earned her graduate degree in analytical chemistry from Baylor University (Ph.D., 2006).

Prior to coming to USM, Dr. Ingle was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  As a Discovery Corps Fellow, she directed an undergraduate research and development program at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, NC, where she also taught for two semesters. 

Her research focuses on the application of statistical techniques to spectroscopic data for a variety of analyses, including pollutant concentration in wastewater and chiral analysis.  She recently received a Faculty Development Award from NSF, which has been used for new lab equipment and on-going student research projects. 

Dr. Ingle teaches courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, allied health chemistry, analytical chemistry, and instrumental analysis.

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Email: Ingle88@stmary.edu

Dr. Steve Seibold, assistant professor of chemistry, joined the faculty at the University of Saint Mary in the Fall of 2010. He earned his bachelor’s and doctorate from the University of Kansas. He continued his education in the field of chemistry/biochemistry at Michigan State University where he studied structure/function of biological polymers using both spectroscopy and theoretical approaches. In 2003, he became a Research Assistant Professor and began teaching and establishing his research.

Dr. Seibold teaches General chemistry, Physics, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and gives students’ opportunities in undergraduate research in the area of physical chemistry with a biological approach.

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Email: Seibold79@stmary.edu