Job Description

This is a 9-month tenure-accruing position that will be 50% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) and 50% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) available in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida, based in Gainesville, FL.

The successful candidate will develop a research and teaching program related to the chemistry of food and food ingredients. Appropriate research areas may include, but are not limited to, sustainable food ingredients, sensory, allergens, toxicology, plant-based food ingredients, chemistry of sustainably sourced food components (flavor, color, nutritive and bioactive compounds) which can promote health while ensuring a palatable food supply, microplastics, engineered nanoparticles, and PFASs in the food chain.

The candidate will be expected to develop and teach courses (in-person, hybrid, and/or online) related to food science, as well as at least one additional food chemistry course that benefits our undergraduate and graduate students. These are, but not limited to, Food Chemistry, Toxicology, Instrumental Analysis, and Flavor/Sensory Chemistry.