The incumbent is a Research Chemist/Chemical Engineer/Food Technologist in the Functional Foods Research Unit (FFRU), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Peoria, IL. The overall mission of FFRU is to develop bioactive food ingredients that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition and to create value-added food and nonfood products from low value agricultural resources. The incumbent is responsible for conceiving, initiating, directing, and coordinating broad research programs focused on developing technologies and strategies enabling the use of proteins and other components of alfalfa in food and cosmetics applications, initiating and coordinating technology transfer, and conducting external collaborations with other governmental, academic, and industria