Assistant Professor of Precision & Performance Nutrition

The School of Food & Agriculture (SFA) at the University of Maine invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Precision & Performance Nutrition. We seek a positive, talented colleague with strong expertise in nutritional metabolism and performance nutrition. The successful applicant is expected to contribute to SFA’s tripartite mission of teaching, research, and service, to address important nutrition and health challenges in Maine, the nation, and the world, and to provide nutrition education and counseling for the University of Maine’s D1 student athletes.

The initial appointment split will be 40 percent teaching, 30 percent research, and 30 percent service. Specific teaching assignments will be determined based on the expertise of the candidate and the needs of the program but may include Introduction to Food and Nutrition, Human Nutrition and Metabolism/Advanced Human Nutrition, and a new course on the topic of sports nutrition. The successful candidate will be expected to establish an externally funded research program, mentor graduate researchers, and collaborate on research programming in precision and performance nutrition.

The successful candidate will fulfill their service responsibilities by providing nutrition services for UMaine Athletics. This extended, 10.5-month appointment (July 15-May 31) includes 1.5 months providing summer nutrition services for student athletes and the possibility of teaching online during the summer term. The summer component of this position is in place for six years initially, after which it is contingent on the success of the summer initiatives and the availability of funding.

Typical hiring salary for this 10.5-month work year position is $84,000commensurate with qualifications and experience.

• Developing and delivering nutrition services to UMaine’s student athletes, including group and individual nutrition counseling during the school year and the summer.
• Serving as a nutrition programming resource for coaches and managers, providing consultation on athlete fueling stations, and delivering or supervising non-credit nutrition and food preparation classes for athletes.
• Developing and teaching essential undergraduate and graduate courses in nutrition in the online M.S. program in Food Science and Human Nutrition.
• Developing and teaching an undergraduate course in sports nutrition.
• Facilitating a Dietetic Internship rotation in Sports Nutrition.
• Establishing a successful and nationally recognized human nutrition research program, preferably in performance or precision nutrition.
• Preparing applications for external funding that lead to grant awards.
• Advising, mentoring, and providing research experiences for students at all levels.
• Forming collaborations with internal and external partners to increase grant success, address important nutrition and health issues, and benefit the nutrition of athletes and/or individuals with specific nutritional needs.

The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the state. UMaine is a land, sea and space grant university, and maintains a leadership role as the University of Maine System's flagship institution. UMaine is the state's public research university and a Carnegie R1 top-tier research institution, dedicated to providing excellent teaching, research and service for Maine, the nation and the world.

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