Assistant Professor, Agriculture

Nevada System of Higher Education • Reno, NV

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About The Position

The College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno, is excited to announce a unique opportunity for an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences (AVRS). 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.

Requirements

• A PhD in Animal Science or a related field
• Evidence of teaching experience and research and grant writing experience

Nice To Haves

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Evidence of ability to design and implement experiments and prepare manuscripts
• Ability to work in isolated rangeland areas across Nevada and Intermountain West
• Preference will be given to candidates with practical experience in cattle production operations, animal industry network, and to those familiar with animal agriculture in arid/semi-arid ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• The Department of Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences 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 a 9-month appointment with a 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.

Benefits

• Remarkable Retirement Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the University. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested 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.
• Health insurance options including dental and vision
• Generous annual, sick leave, long term disability and life insurance
• E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options.
• Many local businesses offer discounts to WolfCard holders
• Mountain EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments. Mountain EAP is located in Reno and specializes in counseling and advising services for personal or interpersonal issues.
• No state income tax!
• The University is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.
• The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees