INTERNAL to Department of Food Science and Technology) Beckley​/Herzog Endowed Chair Enduring

Position overview

Salary range: INTERNAL RECRUITMENT TO UC DAVIS ONLY. The Beckley/Herzog Endowed Chair for Enduring Advancement in the Science of Food provides additional funding to a current UC Davis academic appointee in the Associate Professor, Full Professor or CE Specialist title. The additional funding may support the endowed chair holder in areas of teaching, research, or extension activities directly related to the purpose of the endowment.

Open date: September 24, 2026

Next review date: Monday, Oct 12, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026 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.

The holder of the Beckley/Herzog Endowed Chair for Enduring Advancement in the Science of Food will be a tenured faculty member or Specialist in the Cooperation Extension (CE) at Associate or Full rank in the Department of Food Science and Technology.

The holder of the Chair will be someone who exemplifies excellence in the science of food. Funding will be used to advance excellence in the science of food through innovative teaching, research, outreach, and engagement activities within the Department of Food Science and Technology.

The chair is intended to address current and future challenges facing the food system, with particular emphasis on reducing food loss and waste, improving energy and water use efficiency throughout the food system, and advancing biomass utilization. The chair will support scholarship that contributes to a more sustainable, resilient, and efficient food system while strengthening connections among academic, industry, alumni, and public communities.

The Chair is for a five-year term appointment and may be renewable based on satisfactory review and at the discretion of the Dean.

Responsibilities of the Chair include:

• Teach a normal load for the department or provide extension teaching/programs in which the Chair Holder is appointed including student advising and mentoring.
• Provide innovation and leadership in research in the area of food systems particularly towards food loss and waste and improving energy and water use within the food systems.
• Engage in outreach activities specific to the designated intent by the donor including lectures, conferences, student research.
• Perform service to the appointee's home department and the broader community as expected for faculty at the same academic rank.
• Enhance the academic and intellectual life of the campus as a whole.

The Chair holder will submit an annual report on the use of the Fund including expenditures of the endowment income to the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences each academic year.

(required at time of application)

• Associate or Full Rank Professor or Specialist in CE in the Department of Food Science and Technology.

(other preferred, but not required, qualifications for the position)

• Teach a normal load for the department or provide extension teaching/programs in which the Chair Holder is appointed including student advising and mentoring.
• Someone who exemplifies excellence in the science of food.
• Engage in outreach activities specific to the designated intent by the donor including lectures, conferences, student research.
• Perform service to the appointee's home department and the broader community as expected for faculty at the same academic rank.
• Enhance the academic and intellectual life of the campus as a whole.

• Curriculum Vitae
  - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Authorization to Release Information Form
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• Statement of Interest & Description of Relevant Research (not to exceed three pages)
• Publication List (during the last five years)

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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

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