Assistant Professor of Chemistry in V&E
Company: University of California - Davis
Location: Davis
Posted on: April 18, 2024
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is $98,600 - $121,200.
"Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary
that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the
designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet
competitive conditions, qualifications, and experience.
Application Window
Open date: February 14, 2024
Most recent review date: Monday, Apr 15, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Saturday, Jun 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
Position Description
The Department of Viticulture & Enology in the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of
California, Davis is recruiting an Assistant Professor with an
emphasis in the chemistry of wine components and their dynamics as
related to flavor and sustainability of wine. This is an academic
year (9-month), tenure track Assistant Professor position with an
appointment in the California Agricultural Experiment Station
(AES). Faculty members who hold an AES appointment have a
responsibility to conduct research and outreach relevant to the
mission of the California AES.
The appointee is expected to establish a competitively funded
research program employing new approaches that can be applied to
wine chemistry. Areas of applicable research include organic,
analytical, biological, biophysical, and environmental chemistry;
the key to success being a multifaceted chemistry research program
with an openness to the application of these skills to wine
research. The challenge of wine chemistry is an assessment of how
particular component/s could interact with the diversity of
reactants (largely natural products) in a wine matrix. This would
involve study of chemical reactions underlying transformations that
occur in wine with a focus on the origin and/or modification of
compounds throughout the wine making process, including novel
analytical approaches to expand the understanding of wine
composition. The research program will need to address emerging
issues in grape/wine chemistry that are likely to vary with a
changing climate, such as those responding to increasing
temperatures during ripening.
The appointee will be responsible for teaching undergraduate and
graduate level courses in wine chemistry; some examples include the
core courses VEN 123 (Analysis of Musts & Wines) and 123L (Analysis
of Musts & Wines Lab). Other teaching effort contributions could
include, for example, VEN 3 (Introduction to Wine), VEN 124 (Wine
Production), VEN 124L (Wine Production Lab), VEN 126 (Wine
Stability), VEN 126L (Wine Stability Lab), VEN 219 (Natural
Products of Wine), VEN 223 (Instrumental Analysis of Must & Wine),
among others. A typical teaching expectation would be two
undergraduate courses and a graduate course each year.
Participation in and development of industry and public outreach
and/or community engagement programs, is expected, by collaboration
with Cooperative Extension specialists and advisors, partners in
allied industries, or other appropriate public stakeholders.
Performance of departmental and university service is also
expected.
This recruitment is conducted at the assistant rank. The resulting
hire will be at the assistant rank, regardless of the proposed
appointee's qualifications.
Initial review of applications will be conducted using anonymized
versions of the Statement of Research Accomplishments and Interests
and the Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion. Applications demonstrating sufficient potential based on
this review will be advanced to full review.
The University of California is committed to creating and
maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application,
and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through
academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in
University programs and activities can work and learn together in a
safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment,
discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this
commitment, UC Davis conducts a reference check on all first-choice
candidates for Academic Senate Assistant Professor or Lecturer with
Potential for Security of Employment, Steps 4, 5, or 6, or Acting
Professor of Law positions. The reference check involves contacting
the administration of the applicant's previous institution(s) to
ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct
that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To
implement this process, UC Davis requires all applicants for any
open search for assistant professor to complete, sign, and upload
the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into
RECRUIT as part of their application. If an applicant does not
include the signed authorization with the application materials,
the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any
incomplete application, will not receive further consideration.
Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the
entire application, only finalists considered for Academic Senate
Assistant Professor or Lecturer with Potential for Security of
Employment, Steps 4, 5, or 6, or Acting Professor of Law positions
will be subject to reference checks.
UC Davis supports Family-friendly recruitments. UC Davis covers
travel expenses for a second person to accompany an invited faculty
recruitment candidate who is a mother (or single parent of either
gender) of a breast or bottle-feeding child less than two years of
age.
http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/work-life/index.html
UC Davis recognizes the necessity of supporting faculty with
efforts to integrate work, family and other work-life
considerations. To recruit and retain the best faculty, the campus
sponsors a Work Life
Program that provides programs and services that support faculty as
they strive to honor their commitments to work, home and community.
http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/worklife/index.html
The UC Davis Partner Opportunities Program (POP) is a service
designed to support departments and deans' offices in the
recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty. Eligibility for
POP services is limited to full-time Academic Senate Ladder Rank
faculty (including Lecturers with Security of Employment (LSOE),
Lecturers with Potential Security of Employment (LPSOE), Senior
Lecturers with Security of Employment (SLPSOE)), and Cooperative
Extension Specialists.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Ph.D. or equivalent in a field of Chemistry, Biochemistry,
Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry,
Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry, or related fields at the
time of appointment.
Preferred qualifications (other preferred, but not required,
qualifications for the position)
Application Requirements
Document requirements
(Optional)
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06336
Help contact: ansjacobs@ucdavis.edu
About UC Davis
UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus
(http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).
We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and
particularly encourage applications from members of historically
underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals' with
disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who
demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse
and inclusive community. For the complete University of California
nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only
individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as
established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UC Davis positions funded
by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected
candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available
at: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
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student population. Our excellence in research, teaching, and
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community who share our commitment to these values, which are
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net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and repeatedly shown its
commitment to preserving a healthy and sustainable environment for
generations to come.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
Job location
Davis, CA
Keywords: University of California - Davis, Woodland , Assistant Professor of Chemistry in V&E, Education / Teaching , Davis, California
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