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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