Assistant/Associate Professor in Food and Nutritional Sciences

Job Summary

The Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative is designed to help address significant, complex challenges of particular importance to Wisconsin and the world, through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration and increased student and educational opportunities. RISE-THRIVE and RISE-EARTH initiatives aim to strengthen the university's ability to address challenges and opportunities related to health and the environment, respectively.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Develop a nationally competitive, extramurally funded research program focused on functional dairy products with the goal of increasing the consumption, sustainability, nutritional value, and health impact of dairy products and dairy-derived components in concert with RISE-THRIVE and EARTH initiatives.
• Provide innovative teaching and mentorship, and actively engage in outreach and service functions of the department, college, university, and professional societies.
• Contribute to programs aimed at increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the department, college, and university.

Required Qualifications

• Training or experience demonstrating potential for excellence in conducting frontier research, providing innovative teaching, and actively engaging in outreach.
• Demonstrated research capacities in areas such as milk characterization, cheese technology, identification and quantification of metabolites and bioactives, clinical studies, and advanced processing technologies.
• Demonstrated skills may include AI, data analysis, techno-economic analysis, molecular identification, large datasets, and complex problem-solving.
• A record of, or potential for, securing competitive external funding such as through USDA, NSF, NIH, and so forth.
• Demonstrated commitment to public engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated commitment to or potential for instructional excellence and pedagogical scholarship for instruction and mentorship.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills are required and will be assessed via written work listed on curriculum vitae, statements submitted for the application, and interactions during the interview process.

Education

Ph.D. in Food Science, Food Engineering, Nutritional Sciences, or related fields.