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Faculty Position Available: Assistant Professor

Cohort Hire: Revolutionizing Controlled Environment Agriculture

Focus: Controlled Environment Agriculture Engineering Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Position: Assistant Professor, Tenure-track.

Location: Ithaca, NY. The academic home for this position is the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, housed on the Ithaca campus of Cornell University.

The Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University is seeking a highly collaborative scholar to contribute to the development of innovative and sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) systems. Our new colleague will join a Cohort Faculty Hire in Revolutionizing Controlled Environment Agriculture.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Roadmap to 2050 is centering environmental justice to achieve climate and sustainability goals via a cohort of hires within our Transdisciplinary Moonshots – opportunities for the College to collaborate on future-focused, cross-disciplinary scientific breakthroughs and to align research, education, and extension programs for greater impact and stronger connectivity. The Moonshot areas build upon core strengths in CALS, spanning the agricultural, environmental, life, and social sciences, with the goal of recruiting 27 faculty into the College over the next three years.

This cohort will advance the CALS Transdisciplinary Moonshot in Revolutionizing Controlled Environment Agriculture. This cohort includes recent or concurrent hires in plant pathology, insect ecology, food systems economist, and a specialty crop physiologist within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. These new faculty hires will play an integral role in the design of a planned CALS investment in new CEA facilities.

 

Applications and Starting Date: The anticipated starting date is July 2025 or as negotiated. Qualified applicants should submit 1) a cover letter briefly summarizing background, qualifications, and interest in the position; 2) a Curriculum Vitae; 3) a research statement outlining experience, interests, and goals; 4) a teaching statement outlining experience, interests, and goals; 5) a statement supporting diverse communities (this can be a stand-alone document (preferred) or the information can be embedded in other parts of the application materials) outlining how, through research, teaching, service, mentoring, extension, and/or outreach, the candidate has and will contribute to support Cornell’s historical mission of “any person … any study”; 6) copies of four relevant publications; and 7) names and contact information for four references. Materials should be submitted online to: https://academic jobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29031 .

Applications received by December 31, 2024 will be given full consideration. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please forward questions to the search chair (Professor Beth Ahner, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or the search administrator (Nicole Albright, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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