The College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno, is excited to announce a unique opportunity for an Assistant/Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Rangeland, and Veterinary Sciences (ARVS). This position focuses on Sustainable Frameworks in Ruminant Nutrition integrating mechanisms that minimize the utilization of environmental resources and optimize growth performance, health, and meat production. Responsibilities: The AVRS Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, is seeking a dynamic individual to lead the ruminant nutrition program. The research program must emphasize the development of sustainable ruminant nutrition frameworks to optimize all production cycles, leading to high-efficiency meat production. This tenure-track position will be 50% Research, 40% Teaching and 10% Service/Outreach expectation. The candidate must possess the ability to develop innovative teaching and research programs, that include fundamental and advanced animal nutrition courses, mentor graduate students and develop a successful, internationally recognized, and competitively funded research program. Sub-areas of the research program may include but are not limited to climate-smart agriculture, utilization of by-products, water use mitigation, methanogenesis, microbial ecology, and animal welfare, health, and nutrigenomics integration. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate and contribute to interdisciplinary activities within the Rangeland Ecology and Veterinary Sciences programs.

Required Qualifications

• A doctoral degree in Animal Science or a related field is required

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

• Research and grant writing experience

• Evidence of ability to design and implement experiments and prepare manuscripts; Evidence of teaching experience

• The physical ability to work in isolated rangeland areas across Nevada and Intermountain West

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference will be given to candidates with practical experience in cattle production operations and to those familiar with animal agriculture in arid/semi-arid ecosystems.