BBE seeks qualified applicants for three tenure-track faculty positions

The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering seeks qualified applicants for three tenure-track position openings:

• Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Ecological Engineering - UMN Job ID 365158
  • The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (BBE) seeks candidates for a tenure-track academic position at the assistant professor level with 50% teaching and 50% research responsibilities, to develop a collaborative, internationally recognized research program in the area of ecological engineering with a focus on water resources.
    
    Global Climate and Environmental Change is a strategic priority area to be addressed in the great challenge of producing adequate food and energy for the world’s growing population. One of the key objectives under this strategic priority is to better understand the complex interactions between ecosystem function and environmental change at multiple scales, ranging from micro to macro and local to global. Developing appropriate climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies requires ecosystem-focused understanding for sustaining and improving land and water resource quality. The USDA NIFA has identified Climate Change as one of its priority science areas with the goal to develop adaptation strategies to changing weather patterns and sustain economic vitality while addressing greenhouse gas emissions. Applicants must have an excellent record of accomplishment in an academic, consulting, industrial, or public sector setting, and possess the potential to become an internationally recognized leader in teaching and research.
    
    For more information and to apply, click the link below: 
  • Internal applicant link Job ID 365158
  • External applicant link Job ID 365158
  • ap_ecological_engineering_.pdf

     

• Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Renewable Energy Systems Engineering - UMN Job ID 365161
  • The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (BBE) and the Southern Research & Outreach Center (SROC) seek candidates for a tenure-track academic position at the assistant professor level with 50% teaching and 50% research responsibilities to develop a collaborative, internationally recognized research program in the areas of Renewable Energy Systems Engineering focusing on sustainable manufacturing of renewable biofuels. This faculty position is tenure track, 9-month appointment as an assistant professor level to be located in both Southern Research & Outreach Center in Waseca, MN, and the St. Paul campus.
    
    There is a rising interest worldwide, especially in the US, to build a clean, renewable, and equitable energy economy addressing the global energy and climate crisis. Minnesota and the Upper Midwest have been leaders in producing biofuels and bioproducts and can lead internationally in moving towards a low-carbon, sustainable bioeconomy. The renewable energy systems engineering faculty position is aimed at advancing the frontiers of science and engineering in developing low-carbon, clean energy technologies to convert Minnesota’s diverse bioresources into low-carbon biofuels such as renewable natural gas (RNG), sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), green diesel, and biodiesel. Applicants must have an excellent record of accomplishment in an academic or industrial setting and possess the potential to be an internationally recognized leader in teaching and research.
    
    For more information and to apply, click the link below: 
  • Internal applicant link Job ID 365161
  • External applicant link Job ID 365161
  • ap_renewableenergysystemseng_.pdf

• Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Data Science for Agricultural and Ecosystem Sustainability - UMN Job ID 365183
  • The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) at the University of Minnesota seeks candidates for a 9-month tenure-track assistant professor position in the broader area of agro-eco-bioinformatics and sustainability with research and teaching (50%/50%) responsibilities.
    
    The goal of the agro-eco-bioinformatics and sustainability position is to improve efficiency in agricultural and ecological systems by developing new ways to collect, interpret, and analyze agricultural and environmental data at various scales, to integrate bioinformatics, computational modeling and machine learning, and help create sustainable solutions to improve decision making. Areas of research may include quantifying the interactions between agricultural and ecological systems and the biotic, abiotic and/or physical factors affecting agricultural efficiency and environmental sustainability. The faculty member will be expected to advance the design and implementation of highly efficient sustainable agricultural systems and sustainable environmental management solutions. The scope may cover a broad spectrum of disciplines in agro-eco-bioinformatics, from data collection, analysis, and integration with computational modeling, systems thinking, analysis and management, database development to dissemination technologies/platforms.
    
    For more information and to apply, click the link below: 
  • Internal applicant link Job ID 365183
  • External applicant link Job ID 365183
  • ap_data_science_for_ag_eco_sust.pdf