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I have two career goals in my life. One is to be a research scientist and another is to teach. I believe that I can accomplish both jobs and I plan on working very hard to achieve my career goals.

I have always been fascinated about lab grown good. The world population is increasing every day and the cost of food is continuing to rise. For most of the past decade, the world has been consuming more food than it has been producing. Not many people realize it but the food crisis is a serious problem that the world is facing. There has been a very small increase in agricultural productivity and it is nowhere near enough to face the population growth. The high rise in food cost proves that there is not enough food to go around.

A few years ago, a researcher at Maastricht University, Mark Post in the Netherlands announced that he had created a burger made from real meat grown in a lab using bovine stem cells. There had also been a study where yeasts were used to make milk proteins, caseins and whey and they have already been recognized as safe to consume because they are identical to the milk proteins that come from cows. Reading about these studies made me thrilled and got me thinking of what I will be doing in the future as a food scientist. Although there have only been few cases of lab grown food, as technology develops there will be more food that will be available from labs.

I want to develop lab grown food sources, as well as changing their negative effects on people, to a perfect food. This can fix the world problem as well as able to be enjoyed by people. I have a huge interest in lab grown food. This is the area of food science field I want to end up in and I would like to be acknowledged one day by developing my own study growing food in lab.

Another career goal for me is to teach. I believe that this is something that can be done as I participate in researches that I’m interested in. I personally think that it’s important to share the passion I have for something with others who are as interested and passionate in.

 

Possible position

Associate or Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Food Development

Job description

Associate or Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Food Development

The Faculty of Science and Engineering invites applications for the position of Associate or Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Food Development. Candidates for Associate professorship will have a distinguished academic career and an established international reputation in their fields, as well as an excellent publications record and success in acquiring external research funding. For the position of Assistant Professor, we seek highly talented and already merited researchers beyond their post doc phase yet still at their early academic career, and who have shown potential, initiative, and innovation in research and teaching. We expect that candidates are active members of academic and societal networks and have contacts with business, trade and industry.

We seek an internationally experienced expert in the field of Food Development as disciplines of Molecular Food Sciences.

Food Chemistry and Food Development forms the teaching and research entity in Molecular Food Sciences at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku. The research and education of the Unit is focused on the composition of food, factors influencing food composition, the chemical phenomena taking place during food processing and storage, as well as molecular basis for quality and biological activities of foods.

Developing and applying effective up-to-date methods of analysis are crucial for the research of the Unit. Bioactive secondary metabolites and lipids in northern crops and their potential in food development are important areas of strength of the Unit. Further, in food development research, it is essential to explore the potential of modern technologies and biotechnologies for modifying food properties and for sustainable utilization of bio-resources as well as to identify new food resources.

This is one of the job position I found on researchgate.net. It was obtained by searching through their job listings. It is an associate or assistant professor position in food development and they look for candidates who are interested in teaching and researching. I believe that this would be a great position for me since it is in the field of food development under Molecular food science. It was mentioned in the description that modifying food properties and sustainable utilization as well as new food resources will be the areas that researches will be in and I think I would have the opportunities to share what I am truly interested and passionate in by teaching students at school as well as to participate in researches that I had been very interested in.