The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, seeks a dynamic and visionary department chair of the Department of Animal & Food Sciences. We seek an individual with a broad vision for sustaining animal agriculture and food systems and a track record of leadership at the national level, as well as demonstrated success in acquiring resources for programs collaborating across disciplines. As a land-grant university, we value a demonstrated commitment towards integrating research, instruction, and extension programs, as well as a keen dedication to the needs of the consumer.

Our people:

The Department of Animal & Food Sciences currently has 30 full-time faculty and 50 support staff. The Department currently has 300 undergraduate Animal Science students, 30 undergraduate Food Science students, and 25 graduate students. The Department also provides substantial teaching and advising support for 300-plus students in the interdepartmental undergraduate Equine Science and Management major in the College. The Department is finalizing a revitalized Food Science undergraduate program, with the goal of substantially expanding undergraduate enrollment.

Facilities:

The department chair oversees animal units that support research, instruction, extension, and outreach efforts, including 4-H; these include beef, dairy, swine, sheep, poultry, and equine animal units, as well as a meats laboratory and feed mill.

New projects:

The department chair will have a lead role on planning teams for several ongoing and planned capital projects. These include the construction of USDA-ARS research facilities (~$65.9 M), new poultry (~$6 M) and dairy (~$2 M) units, as well as the replacement of multiple facilities damaged by a December 2021 tornado at the UK Education and Research Center at Princeton, Kentucky. In addition, there is a new partnership with the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association to develop an education/training center focused on workforce education. We are also preparing a proposal for a processing center on one of the college's research farms to support Kentucky's growing food production industry. Several of these projects will be contiguous on the Little Animal Research Center in Woodford County, comprising a proposed

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