University of Connecticut
Mansfield, CT, USA
INTRODUCTION
The Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut is soliciting applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Animal Nutrition. Candidates with various disciplinary backgrounds and research interests in animal nutrition are encouraged to apply. This will be a 9-month, 60% research and 40% teaching, tenure-track position.
The Department of Animal Science includes 20 faculty and 20 staff members. Faculty expertise includes food science and microbiology, meat science and muscle biology, poultry and livestock production, growth physiology, genetics and genomics, reproductive physiology, animal nutrition, equine science, and animal biotechnology. The Department has approximately 400 undergraduate majors pursuing AAS and BS degrees and 35-40 graduate students pursuing MS and Ph.D. degrees. In addition to classroom instruction, the undergraduate curricula include...