Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
Activities:
- Oversees all processes relating to graduate education at ETSU.
Educational Background:
- University of South Florida, Ph.D. (Biology)
- M.A. (Botany), B.A. (Biology)
Areas of Professional Interest:
- Plant Biochemistry
- Protein and Enzyme Biochemistry
- Proteomics and Metabolomics
- Regulation of Flavonoid Metabolism
Work Experience:
- 2006-present Dean, School of Graduate Studies, ETSU
- 2004-2006 Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies, ETSU
- 2004-present Professor, ETSU Biological Sciences
- 2003-2004 Program Director, National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences; Biomolecular Systems
- 1998-2003 Associate Professor, ETSU Biological Sciences
- 1997-2002 Biological Sciences Graduate Program Coordinator
- 1993-1998 Assistant Professor, ETSU Biological Sciences
Selected Invited Publications and Peer Reviewed Articles: (Student co-authors in bold):
- McIntosh, Cecilia A. (2000)
“Quantification of Limonin and Limonoate A-ring Monolactone During Growth and Development of Citrus Fruit and Vegetative Tissue by Radioimmunoassay”, Chapter 6 in Citrus Limonoids: Functional chemicals in agriculture, food, flavor, and health , ed. By M. Berhow, S. Hasegawa, and G. Manners, ACS Symposium Series. pp. 73-95.
- Owens, D.K., T. Hale, L.J. Wilson, and C.A. McIntosh. 2002.
Quantification of Dihydrokaempferol Production by Flavanone-3-Hydroxylase using Capillary Electrophoresis. Phytochemical Analysis 13:69-74
- Pelt, J., W.A. Downes, R. Schoborg, and C.A. McIntosh. 2003.
Flavanone 3-Hydroxylase (F3H) Expression in Citrus paradisi and Petunia hybrida Seedlings. Phytochemistry 64:435-444.
- McIntosh, Cecilia A. (2006)
“Translational Opportunities in Plant Biochemistry”, in Integrative Plant Biochemistry, Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol. 40, J.T. Romeo, ed., Elsevier Press, New York, pp 307-318.
- RoySarkar, T., C.L. Strong, M.B. Sibhatu , L.M. Pike, and C.A. McIntosh. 2007.
Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a Putative Flavonoid Glucosyltransferase from Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) Leaves. Chapter 18 in “Concepts in Plant Metabolomics”, B.J. Nikolau and E.S. Wurtele, eds. Springer Publishing, The Netherlands. pp. 247-259 (Invited submission)
- Knisley, D., E. Seier, D. Lamb, D.K. Owens, and C.A. McIntosh. 2009.
A Graph-Theoretic Model Based on Primary and Predicted Secondary Structures Reveals Functional Specificity in a Set of Plant Secondary Product UDP-Glucosyltransferases. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, and Chemoinformatics. (Invited, In Press.)
- Owens, D.K. and C.A. McIntosh. 2009.
Identification, Recombinant Expression, and Biochemical Characterization of a Flavonol 3-O-Glucosyltransferase Clone from Citrus paradisi.Phytochemistry(In Press)
Professional Presentations:
- Over 60 have been given as invited talks or at scientific meetings; over 30 of these were by research students mentored by Dr. McIntosh who were presenting their work.
Honors and Awards:
- Sigma Xi Dissertation Award (USF Chapter), 1990
- Several research grants since 1993 totaling over $500,000
- Several educational grants since 1993 (co-PI) totaling over $700,000
When you have a question or need some information, call Dr. McIntosh at (423)
439-4221
or email her at mcintosc@etsu.edu
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