7 Agriculture, Horticulture & Aquaculture jobs

The Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is seeking a motivated tenure-track, academic year, faculty to join a collaborative statewide community as Director of the Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS). While the full range of faculty positions will be considered, preference is given to a mid-career candidate with a research, teaching and service record that will empower their pursuit of long-term cross-disciplinary partnerships and program-building goals. RUMFS has a decades long history of research in fisheries and marsh ecology that is expanding as part of a state-wide coastal marine research station network including the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratories, New Jersey Aquaculture Innovation Center, and the Sandy Hook Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit. This network of laboratories is embedded within coastal ecosystems and communities where hands-on research, teaching and outreach opportunities abound. RUMFS is located on the seaward edge of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve (a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve), and on the inshore edge of a world-renowned long-term coastal ocean observatory. Housed within the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences with >50 faculty, the position will be a creative bridge drawing upon numerous strengths across Rutgers, including growing collaborations within the Rutgers Energy Institute in the area of offshore wind energy development, and within the Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences in the area of coastal resiliency. Depending on research interests, the successful candidate will have the option to join the Center for Fisheries and Ocean Sustainability and/or the Center for Ocean Observing Leadership. Rutgers is ranked within the top 25 public universities in the United States with a vibrant student body of >70,000 students. The candidate is expected to expand and develop an internationally recognized research program, mentor graduate students in the candidate’s area of expertise, and be involved in undergraduate teaching. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. As an equal opportunity employer and a campus with a continually growing diverse faculty and student body, Rutgers University encourages applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a commitment to mentoring under-represented demographics in marine science. We encourage applicants to comment in their cover letter and their statements on how their research, teaching, service and outreach activities contribute to enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.

  Position Summary: The Director of the Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative (SLSC) is a full-time, twelve-month tenured (or eligible for tenure) associate/full professor faculty position for a person with a proven track record of leadership of diverse teams, industry partnerships, academic collegiality, and research/teaching credibility. This leadership position will have dual reporting lines to the Dean of College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) and the Dean of College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS). The Director will be expected to contribute to research and/or teaching as well as substantial outreach/engagement. Final allocation of effort in these areas will be discussed and negotiated with the successful candidate at the time of hire. We seek an established leader with working knowledge of Sustainable Livestock Systems who is committed to collaboration, networking and team building. CSU’s Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Agriculture Science, Health and Human Sciences, Natural Resources, Engineering, and Natural Sciences, along with Schools of Global and Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) and Public Health, and state-wide CSU Extension provide a fertile basis for development of change-making programs in Sustainable Livestock Systems. A large number of state and federal governmental agencies, including CDC, USDA APHIS, USDA NWRC, NPS, USGS, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and others are located in the Northern Colorado area, providing an internationally unique opportunity to develop large collaborative programs of real global strength and significance. Key to this endeavor are partnerships with nongovernmental stakeholders, including industry/producer groups, as key constituents in this endeavor. This newly created position will be responsible for developing the nascent Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative at CSU into an internationally recognized program. This will include developing strategic partnerships, alliances and collaborations both on and off-campus; developing internal and external advisory boards; coordinating activities across campus and community; taking responsibility for representing the University through networking and professional collaboration with external constituents, industry stakeholders, schools and organizations; and developing resources for programmatic growth and sustainability. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills and must be an effective communicator who is able to convey the vision for SLSC to multiple audiences. Candidates should demonstrate strategic thinking skills, organizational political savvy, and should be visionary and inspirational. Effective group communication skills, and capacity to assimilate organizational vision, mission, values and goals are highly desirable traits. We seek to identify a solution-oriented decision maker able to effectively lead others.

The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences invites applications for the position of a   Tenure Track Professor (W1) of Consumer Behavior in the Bioeconomy   at the Institute of Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Markets to be filled by October 1st, 2020. The professorship is funded by the joint program of German federal and state governments for the promotion of early career researchers. This is a grade W1 professorship for which recruitment payments can be offered.   The successful candidate will represent the subject in research and teaching. The professorship’s focus is on people as consumers in their acquisition, use, and consumption of goods and services in the bioeconomy, with special consideration given to social change processes such as increasing digitalization or sufficiency ideals. Based on a selection of economic or social science theories and concepts, important elements (e. g. attitudes, social norms) for consumer behavior in the bioeconomy will be mapped and statements on relevant behavioral processes on an individual and societal level will be made.   Excellent knowledge of quantitative empirical research methods from both the economic and the social sciences is assumed; an extension of the method spectrum to include qualitative approaches or the ability to integrate them is particularly welcomed.   The successful candidate will cooperate with other professors in the fields of Bioeconomy, Farm Management, Agricultural Markets and Marketing, and Political and Social Sciences, strengthening the University of Hohenheim’s cross-faculty focus on bioeconomy.   The teaching load will comprise four contact hours per week. In the subject area outlined above, the tenure-track professor will hold courses in the Bachelor's and Master's programs of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. The candidate should be able to teach both in German and in English.   The position offers attractive conditions for tenure-track appointees. This professorship is particularly suitable for highly qualified early career researchers. The requirements for an appointment are a completed university degree, pedagogical suitability and a doctorate of outstanding quality.   If the requirements for civil service are met, the appointment will be a temporary civil service position for six years. After six years, the applicant may be appointed to a W3 position if the requirements described in the University’s quality assurance guidelines are met. The appointment to a W3 position may be done without any additional call for applications and through a simplified appointment process. More information on quality assurance and evaluation is available at: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/appointment-principles

Assistant/Associate Professor of Plant Reproductive Biology The Department of Plant Sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis is recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor of Plant Sciences with an emphasis in Plant Reproductive Biology. This is an academic-year (9-month), position that includes an appointment in the California Agricultural Experiment Station. Faculty members who hold an Agricultural Experiment Station appointment have a responsibility to conduct research and outreach relevant to its mission. Responsibilities: The person appointed will join a dynamic department, routinely ranked #1 globally, and where seven new appointments were made in the past year in nutritional plant breeding, agronomy, digital agriculture, grassland ecology and management, urban plants and orchard management, with significant investment on-going across Plant Sciences (plantsciences.ucdavis.edu). The successful candidate will be a member, and will eventually have a leadership role at the Seed Biotechnology Center (SBC, sbc.ucdavis.edu), one of eight departmental Research and Information Centers (RICs) with SBC dedicated to engagement with the global seed industry and delivery of world-leading training in plant breeding. Significant collaborative opportunities exist with departmental expertise in plant breeding, crop production and management, plant physiology, post-harvest biology and technology and plant and environmental sensing. There is an outstanding opportunity to collaborate across the campus with colleagues in Plant Biology with the Plant Breeding Center and with other expert groups, including California's extension and farm advisors located across the state. The appointee is expected to establish and direct a competitively funded research program to address critical or emerging issues in plant reproductive biology, seed biology and production, and plant developmental biology of economically important crops. The appointee will be responsible for teaching all or part of undergraduate and graduate classes as assigned by the department chair, e.g., PLS 171 (Plant Propagation), PLS 100 (Plant Growth and Yield) or Plant Biology 200B (Plant Development). The typical teaching load is equivalent to two courses per year (on a quarter system), with additional team teaching of graduate students. Participation in and development of public outreach and/or community engagement programs, contribute to the mission of the Seed Biotechnology Center, and performance of departmental and university service is expected.

Endowed Chair in Shellfish Aquaculture and Program Coordinator, Associate/Full Professor The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)/School of Marine Science of William & Mary invites applications for a full-time tenure-eligible Associate/Full Professor. The position will begin in Fall 2020. Responsibilities:  VIMS is seeking to fill an endowed faculty position, the Acuff Professorship in Marine Science, within its Department of Fisheries Science with a nationally and internationally recognized scholar whose expertise will complement our existing strengths in shellfish aquaculture and provide strategic leadership in coordinating our institute-wide Shellfish Aquaculture Program. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an extramurally-funded research program, contribute to the development of an aquaculture curriculum, participate in advisory service and outreach related to aquaculture, and provide leadership in driving the continued development and sustainability of shellfish aquaculture in the region. About the Virginia Institute of Marine Science:  Chartered in 1940, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is currently among the largest marine research and education centers in the United States. VIMS has a three-part mission to conduct interdisciplinary research in coastal ocean and estuarine science, educate students and citizens, and provide advisory service to policy makers, industry, and the public. The School of Marine Science at VIMS is the graduate school in marine science for William & Mary. VIMS currently employs 55 full-time faculty members and 256 staff, and has 90 graduate students in master's and doctoral programs. There are four academic departments at VIMS: Aquatic Health Sciences, Biological Sciences, Fisheries Science, and Physical Sciences. Further information on VIMS and the School of Marine Science may be accessed at:  http://www.vims.edu .

Breeding for Sustainable Cropping Systems Assistant/Associate Professor, tenure-track Academic year (9-month) appointment School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Start Date:  July 2020 or as negotiated Responsibilities:  The successful candidate will lead a breeding and genetics program in sustainable cropping systems with a domestic or international focus and will be expected to develop an externally funded research program, release improved cultivars, and contribute to graduate and undergraduate training. A potential concentration on alfalfa and other high-quality forage crops critical for New York's prominent dairy industry would leverage the legacy of Cornell's world class forage breeding program and germplasm collections. Many of these crops have polyploid genetics, an area that merits further exploration in research and teaching. Teaching expectations include the responsibility to deliver an existing course, PLBRG 4030 Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants, and to create another course of the candidate's choosing, in consultation with the chair. This position has a 60:40 research and teaching responsibility. Abundant opportunities exist to collaborate with Cornell's Initiative for Digital Agriculture ( https://www.digitalagriculture.cornell.edu/ ) and partner with colleagues having expertise in genomics, robotics, high throughput phenotyping, genomic selection strategies, metagenomics, animal nutrition, and microbiome research.