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FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Meat Science and Muscle Biology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Position: Assistant Professor, Full Time Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Meat Science and Muscle Biology in the Department of Animal Sciences.

The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.

Qualifications: Ph.D. degree in Animal Sciences or Food Science or a closely related technical field with a commitment to teaching, and an ability to establish an externally funded, internationally-recognized program of research. Candidates with industry or postdoctoral research experience are encouraged to apply. Individuals working toward a Ph.D. may be considered, but the degree must be obtained by the starting date.

Responsibilities:

The Department of Animal Sciences seeks qualified candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of Meat Science and Muscle Biology. This position offers an opportunity to provide leadership and innovation within a well-recognized research program and play an integral role in the teaching mission of the department. The successful applicant will be expected to establish an extramurally-funded, nationally recognized program of research in translational and applied meat science. Areas of expertise could include, but are not limited to, carcass composition evaluation, fresh meat quality, carcass fabrication and further processing, meat safety, or muscle growth and development. The individual hired in this position should be motivated to build strong collaborations within the department, across campus, and industry. It is expected that this individual will teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students. Teaching responsibilities would include undergraduate and graduate level courses in Meat Science.

Proposed Start Date: Negotiable after the closing date.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Location: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (http://illinois.edu) is located approximately 120 miles south of Chicago in a metropolitan area of approximately 232,000 people.

Resources: The College of ACES (http://aces.illinois.edu) is widely recognized for excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, outreach, and international programs. In addition to its mission as a land-grant university, the campus offers exceptional programs in the arts, humanities, sciences, engineering, and computer science. Within the College of ACES, the Department of Animal Sciences (http://ansc.illinois.edu) manages livestock farming operations and research facilities for swine, beef, dairy, and poultry species, all conveniently located within 5 minutes of campus. The department also operates the Meat Science Laboratory, a federally-inspected slaughter and processing facility.

The campus is home to internationally recognized facilities and interdisciplinary programs including the Institute for Genomic Biology (http://www.igb.illinois.edu), Beckman Institute (http://beckman.illinois.edu), W.M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics (http://www.biotech.illinois.edu), and National Center for Supercomputing Applications (http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu).

Closing Date: For initial consideration apply by April 8, 2019, though the search will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Applicants should create a profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload (as a single PDF) a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests (including future plans), a statement of teaching philosophy, and contact information of three references. References will be requested for all submitted applications; referees will be contacted within 2-3 days of submission to provide this information. Only applications submitted through the University of Illinois Job Board will be considered.

Questions can be directed to Dr. Dan Shike, Chair of the Search Committee (dshike@illinois.edu; 217-333-0322) or to Dr. Rodney Johnson, Head of the Department, (rwjohn@illinois.edu; 217-244-1681). Additional information about the Department can be found at http://ansc.illinois.edu.

The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.

College Name or Administrative Unit:ACES Category:1-Faculty Title:College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences: Assistant Professor - Animal Sciences, Meat Science and Muscle Biology (110440) Open Date:03/05/2019 Close Date:04/08/2019 Organization Name:Animal Sciences

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Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

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A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. 

Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

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Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

Research

Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

Undergraduate Education

The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.

Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.

The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.

Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.

The Arts

A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture. 

Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.

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As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.

How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?

Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.

Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.

Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.

It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.

It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.

Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.

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