The Department of Animal and Food Sciences in the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of nutrition with expertise in microbial ecology. The expectation of effort will be 70% research and 30% teaching. The ideal candidate will pursue research relevant to the interplay of animal nutrition and the gut microbiome. The successful candidate is expected to contribute directly to the enhancement and expansion of the University's research and creative scholarship mission. The successful candidate is also expected to obtain awards from external funding agencies to support their research, commensurate with appointment, and to sustain a vibrant, externally funded research program throughout their career at Texas Tech University. Furthermore, it is expected the candidate will teach undergraduate students a core course in animal feeds and feeding practices and lead a departmental seminar for graduate students during their 9-month appointment period. In addition to appointments, participation in service activities with professional organizations, the department, college, and university, is expected.

In line with TTU’s strategic priorities to engage and empower a diverse student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with diverse student populations at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels within individual or across the areas of teaching, research/creative activity, and service.

Specific required qualifications are:

1. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Animal Science or some related discipline.
2. The candidate must a have a demonstrated ability to lead a research program that emphasizes interrelationships between microorganisms and animal nutrition.
3. The candidate must have demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.
4. The candidate must have demonstrated ability to or success in obtaining extramurally funded research from relevant funding agencies such as USDA, NIH, and/or NSF, commodity groups, foundations, and private industry, as well as a record of publication, sustained support, and mentorship of graduate students that is commensurate with appointment.
5. The candidate must show evidence of collaboration with other researchers and institutions.

Preferred Qualifications

In addition to the required qualifications, the preferred candidate will:

1. Demonstrate success in securing federal funding.
2. Provide expertise in bioinformatics.
3. Document active and sustained partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.