Tenured/Tenure-Track: Associate Professor of Aquatic Animal Nutrition

Description

The Department of Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, invites applications for one faculty position concerning Aquatic Animal Nutrition at the Associate Professor rank. This is a full-time, 9-month, tenured or tenure-track academic appointment with (60%) research, (30%) teaching, (10%) service components, and an anticipated start date of January 1, 2026.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will be expected to enhance our faculty by addressing various aspects of aquaculture and fisheries management in the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management. This position will be an integral component of the Department’s research and teaching programs in aquatic resources management. Duties will include the development and leadership of an independent, extramurally funded, internationally recognized research program in basic and applied aspects of aquatic animal nutrition in support of aquaculture. The appointee will be expected to teach courses (graduate and undergraduate) related to their expertise in aquatic animal nutrition, as well as supporting courses such as principles of aquaculture and/or hatchery management. The typical course load will be one course per semester. The appointee will also be expected to supervise graduate and undergraduate students. 

RESOURCES: Texas A&M University (TAMU) is a public, land-grant institution with many high-quality academic units conducting research in areas of natural resource conservation and management. Research facilities available for the position include the Aquacultural Research and Teaching Facility (ARTF) of the Texas A&M University System.  This facility has over 200 individual culture chambers consisting of glass aquaria and fiberglass tanks operated as flow-through or recirculating systems with biofilters, sand filters, and UV sterilizers. An aquarium system is also available in an isolated laboratory for conducting controlled disease challenges. In addition, the ARTF has a complex of 36 replicate 0.04-ha lined ponds currently utilized for maintaining fish stocks and conducting diet evaluations under conditions of commercial production. The Fish Nutrition Laboratory has modern analytical equipment required to complete various nutritional analyses. The successful candidate will be offered a competitive salary, startup package and laboratory space and/or field equipment, as well as access to ARTF. The candidate will have opportunities to collaborate with a broad range of TAMU System researchers around the state.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Applicant must have a Ph.D. in Aquaculture, Animal Nutrition, or a related field is required. 
• Evidence of outstanding research and publishing capacities is required, along with the potential to establish and maintain strong teaching and graduate education programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Postdoctoral experience is preferred.

Application Instructions

APPLICATION PROCESS: Applications will only be accepted through Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/170178. Applicants must submit: (1) a cover letter of interest, (2) Curriculum Vitae, (3) a personal statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching, and service, and (4) three professional references. The application materials must be submitted online at: apply.interfolio.com/170178. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2025, and continue until the position is filled.  For questions, email inquiries to the attention of Dr. Delbert Gatlin, Search Committee Chair, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, via Ms. Theresa Nemec e-mail: theresa.nemec@ag.tamu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.