Location:   
Colorado State University, Department of Animal Sciences, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - The Department of Animal Sciences houses a modern nutrition research building, a research feedlot, a heifer development facility, and an individual feeding facility. In addition, partnerships with commercial dairies and feedlots offer opportunities to conduct collaborative research in large-scale production environments. Colorado State University is a Carnegie Research Extensive Institution with a land grant mission serving approximately 25,000 graduate and undergraduate students.   Colorado State University is committed to building and maintaining a high quality faculty that reflects the diversity of the populations that we serve.  We encourage candidates who share that commitment to apply.
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Rank:   
Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure track, 9-month; in the Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences. Full benefit package and competitive salary. Note: Candidates having various levels of experience are encouraged to apply; applications will be evaluated based on productivity relative to years of experience, with an emphasis on assessing potential to excel at CSU.

Available:   
Immediately (or until filled)

Salary:      
Commensurate with qualifications and experience.    

Responsibilities:   
The Department of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University is seeking a full-time, 9-month, 10% teaching, 60% research and 30% extension animal environmental scientist. Nine-month salaries will be competitive with national 12-month salaries with the opportunity to supplement the salary with extramural funding. We are seeking a dynamic individual to develop an innovative research and extension program in the area of air quality, waste management, environmental stewardship, and other nutritionally-related issues as they apply to dairy and beef feedlot production and management in the intermountain west.  The successful applicant will be expected to build strong partnerships with members of the dairy and feedlot industries in Colorado while working in a team environment with other nutritional, soil and crop, and waste management research scientists.  The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the capstone production courses and graduate ruminant courses.

Qualifications:   
Qualifications for the position include a Ph.D. (completed by the time of appointment) in ruminant nutrition, livestock nutrient management systems, environmental engineering, or a closely related field; a clear understanding of dairy and feedlot production systems; leadership and team skills, the ability to attract extramural research funding; the ability to publish in peer reviewed journals; and the ability to interact with industry.  Strong skills in computing, applied and basic research and innovation in extension of research results to the industry are an expectation. 

For more information about the Department of Animal Sciences, please visit our website at: http://ansci.colostate.edu/

Application Deadline:      
Applications and nominations will be considered until the position is filled; however, applicants should submit applications by May 31, 2008 for full consideration.

To Apply:     
Candidates should submit a letter of application, official academic transcripts, a completed resume of education, experience and accomplishments, and a description of long-term research, teaching, and extension/outreach interests, goals and objectives . The candidate should provide names and contact information of three people that could serve as references. Please send all completed application information to: Terry Engle, Search Committee Chair, Department of Animal Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1171   

Colorado State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding affirmative action requirements in all programs.  The Office of Equal Opportunity is located in 101 Student Services.  In order to assist Colorado State University in meeting its affirmative action responsibilities, ethnic minorities, women and other protected class members are encouraged to apply and to so identify themselves.