Job Description
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science
College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences (CALS)
Teaching (50%) Research (50%)
Tenure Track - 9 month
appointment
Cornell University - Stocking
Hall - Ithaca, New York
Cornell
University, located in Ithaca, New York, is an inclusive, dynamic, and
innovative Ivy League university and New York's land-grant institution.
Its staff, faculty, and students impart an uncommon sense of larger
purpose and contribute creative ideas and best practices to further the
university's mission of teaching, research, and outreach.
The
Department of Food Science seeks an Assistant Professor in the area of
Biology of Food Perceptions. This position offers a unique opportunity
for a creative scholar to develop a cutting edge, multidisciplinary
teaching and research program for the study of human perception of
foods and food components. Cornell's outstanding students and faculty,
world-class applied and basic research programs, and a new Food Science
building scheduled to open in 2013 provide an ideal environment for
scholarship in this area.
The
position includes a teaching component (50% effort) with the following
responsibilities:
·
Teach a senior undergraduate course in Sensory Evaluation
of Food, develop and teach a course in the individual's area of
expertise, and contribute lectures on human perception of foods in
other departmental courses.
·
Provide high quality teaching and advising for students
enrolled in Food Science undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The
position also includes a research component (50% effort) focusing on
human perceptions of foods and food components. The successful
candidate will be expected to:
·
Develop a world class, externally funded research program
to study human perceptions of foods and food components, with a focus
on the biological and biochemical mechanisms involved in response to
stimuli. Possible research areas include but are not limited to:
identification and structural characterization of chemoreceptor
proteins in the mouth and nose; relationship between genetic variation
in trigeminal, taste, and odor chemoreceptors and food perception or
preference; impact of sodium reduction on flavor perception in the
context of whole foods; effects of flavor perception on satiety;
effects of flavor compounds on gene expression and implications for
obesity prevention; genomics of perceptions in human populations; or
physiology and aging of human sensory perception.
·
Establish collaborative research relationships with
Cornell colleagues in food science and related disciplines such as
nutrition, genomics, biochemistry, neurobiology, plant breeding,
chemistry and chemical biology.
Job Requirements
Qualifications: Doctoral degree and
post-doctoral research experience in one or more of the following
fields: neurobiology, molecular biology and genetics, biochemistry,
cognitive psychology, physiology of human perception, food science,
nutrition or a related field.
A
record of excellence in scholarship as evidenced by publications in
peer-reviewed journals.
Preferences: Demonstrated success in
securing competitive grants preferred. Prior teaching experience is
highly desirable.
Information and
Application Process Instructions
Application
procedure:
Qualified candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, selected reprints, academic transcripts, statement of research
goals and plans, statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of
recommendation to:
Dr. Carmen I. Moraru, Search Committee Chair
Department of Food Science
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: cim24@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-255-8121
When
inquiring or applying for this position, please also reference Academic
Careers Online.
Review
of applications will begin on August 1, 2011 and will continue until
the appropriate candidate is selected.
Cornell
University seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, has a Dual
Career program, and is a member of the Upstate New York Higher Education
Recruitment Consortium which assists with dual career searches. Visit http://www.unyherc.org to
see positions available in higher education in the upstate New York
area.
College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences
Developing Leaders. Improving
Lives. Shaping the Future.
Cornell University is an
affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educator
To obtain more
information or to submit your resume you can contact Dr. Carmen I.
Moraru as shown below. If you apply for this
position, please say you saw it first on www.AcademicCareers.com. Thank
you.
Dr.
Carmen I. Moraru
Phone: 607-255-8121
E-Mail: cim24@cornell.edu
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