Kansas State University

 

 

Dr. Janice Swanson is officially retiring at the end of this year. Swanson was a long-time KSU ASI faculty member and then department head. You can email her at  SWANSOJ@msu.edu or you can mail a note of congratulations to: Dr. Janice Swanson, 1290 Anthony Hall, 474 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824

 

UPCOMING DEFENSE:

None at this time.

SEMINARS: 

• Meat Science Seminar
  • None scheduled at this time
    
• Monogastric Nutrition Seminar
  • None scheduled at this time
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • None scheduled at this time
    
• Physiology and Animal Breeding Seminars
  • None scheduled at this time

ASI FACULTY & STAFF BIRTHDAYS: 

• Kristine Frey – December 20
• Jamil Faccin – December 23
• Bob Goodband – December 25
• Jared Parsons – December 27
• Payton Dahmer – December 28
• Bob Heptig – December 29
• Ethan Sylvester – December 30
• Cole Ellis – December 31

If you’d like your birthday added to the list, please email Stacey Chard at schard@ksu.edu.

 

OPEN POSITIONS:

• Dairy Teaching and Research Center Manager – To apply, go to https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/515771/dairy-teaching-and-research-center-manager
• Animal Technician Supervisor (Dairy Unit) – To apply, go to https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/jobs/job-announcements.html.

 

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

• Virginia Tech Assistant Professor of Meat Science. The School of Animal Sciences is searching for an Assistant Professor of Meat Science. This is a tenure-track, 9-month appointment with responsibilities in research (60%) and Extension (40%). More information.
• Mississippi State University meat science position. The Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences is currently seeking an Assistant/ Associate Professor for a 9-month tenure track (70% research, 30% teaching) position in Meat Science with an emphasis in applied research.  More information.
• Mississippi State University Assistant Professor Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station.

  This is a twelve month, tenure track position consisting of a 50% research appointment and a 50% Extension appointment. The research appointment may include facilities management responsibilities. More information.

• Fresno State tenure-track faculty positions (beef and dairy). More information:
  https://careers.fresnostate.edu/en-us/job/533816/animal-science-dairy
  https://careers.fresnostate.edu/en-us/job/533817/animal-science-beef
• Texas Tech University Department of Animal and Food Sciences in the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 12-month Assistant Professor of Practice in Swine Production to begin in 2024. The distribution of effort will be 65% teaching and 35% service. More information.
• California State University Department of Animal Sciences and Agricultural Education in the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology seeks applicants for a tenure-track 9-month position as an Assistant/Associate Professors in Animal Science (Beef). This tenure-track position carries responsibilities in the areas of teaching undergraduate courses, scholarship (research in field of interest, grants, etc.), and service (student advising, committee work, etc.). More information
• Texas Tech University Department of Animal and Food Sciences in the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is seeking a full-time, 9-month tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of nutrition with expertise in microbial ecology. More information.
• USMARC is seeking three postdocs. The first position is supervised by Brittney Keel in Clay Center, Nebraska. The focus of the project is the development of online warning systems to detect animals in need of management intervention. Requirements for the position are a Ph.D. in mathematics, statistics, computer science, animal science, genetics, or some similar field. The person just needs to have a strong computational background and willingness to learn. Applicants for this position must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. For more information, contact Keel at brittney.keel@usda.gov
  The other two positions are part of a large-scale ARS project called the “Grand Challenge on Integrated Food Safety Solutions for Salmonella”. Here we are looking for individuals with computational experience to assist in an array of data analyses to support ongoing microbiological and ecological research. No expertise in microbiology or food safety is necessary. These two positions will be co-supervised by myself and Dr. Shawn Bearson (USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center) and Dr. Michael Rothrock Jr. (USDA, ARS, U.S. National Poultry Research Center). These positions have some flexibility in location in that they can be fully remote or located in-person in Athens, GA, Ames, IA, or Clay Center, NE. More details on these two positions can be found at: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDA-ARS-SCINet-2023-0454
• North Carolina State University is searching for a Mountain Livestock Specialist who will serve in a professional faculty role at the rank of Extension Assistant Professor, and will be expected to develop an extension program designed to enhance livestock production including practices that improve production efficiency while adding value to cattle and small ruminant operations (as well as other livestock species in pasture-based production systems). More information
• Miner Institute is seeking a full-time research scientist to join its team and contribute to its dairy cattle nutrition and management research and education programs. More information