Lecturer In Food Waste

Description:

This position is being filled as part of UCC Futures, Food, Microbiome and Health.

UCC Futures is an ambitious new programme of research prioritisation , coupled with an innovative academic recruitment strategy spanning 10 strategically important indicative areas encompassing the Humanities , Arts , Social Sciences , STEM, Health , Business and Law .

UCC Futures, Food, Microbiome and Health is a once in a generation opportunity to generate an ecosystem that will maximise the potential of our academic expertise and provide tangible, impactful, solutions in response to one of the most important global challenges of our time.

UCC wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Food Waste in the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences. The post-holder will be an emerging leader in research to optimize shelf life and prevent food waste, with a proven track record of research excellence. Areas required are expertise in the structure and behaviour of food at the macro-micro and nano-levels; nutritional stability and quality, environmental stability of food components; structure-function relationships; interactions of solid food matrices and importantly, the regulatory environment of shelf-life optimization, food ingredients and packaging. The post-holder will add depth and complement existing priority areas in sustainable food systems food waste reduction and food packaging.