Assistant or Associate Professor, Agriculture, Animal Nutrition
University of Nevada, Reno
Application
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Posted: 09-Sep-24
Location: Reno, Nevada
Type: Full Time
Salary Details:
Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 17.50% contribution is generously matched by the University. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested on your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual "A" or "B" contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of Nevada.
Preferred Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: R0143899
The College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno, is excited to announce a unique opportunity for an Assistant/Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Rangeland, and Veterinary Sciences (ARVS). This position focuses on Sustainable Frameworks in Ruminant Nutrition integrating mechanisms that minimize the utilization of environmental resources and optimize growth performance, health, and meat production. Responsibilities: The AVRS Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, is seeking a dynamic individual to lead the ruminant nutrition program. The research program must emphasize the development of sustainable ruminant nutrition frameworks to optimize all production cycles, leading to high-efficiency meat production. This tenure-track position will be 50% Research, 40% Teaching and 10% Service/Outreach expectation. The candidate must possess the ability to develop innovative teaching and research programs, that include fundamental and advanced animal nutrition courses, mentor graduate students and develop a successful, internationally recognized, and competitively funded research program. Sub-areas of the research program may include but are not limited to climate-smart agriculture, utilization of by-products, water use mitigation, methanogenesis, microbial ecology, and animal welfare, health, and nutrigenomics integration. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate and contribute to interdisciplinary activities within the Rangeland Ecology and Veterinary Sciences programs.
Required Qualifications
A doctoral degree in Animal Science or a related field is required
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Research and grant writing experience
Evidence of ability to design and implement experiments and prepare manuscripts; Evidence of teaching experience
The physical ability to work in isolated rangeland areas across Nevada and Intermountain West
Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates with practical experience in cattle production operations and to those familiar with animal agriculture in arid/semi-arid ecosystems.
The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, 1874.
The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. According to the National Science Foundation, the University spent $144 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 139th in the nation.
