J. Scott Angle Explained

J. Scott Angle (born January 6, 1953) is the University of Florida's Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and leader of UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

Early life and education

Angle was born in Michigan and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Angle received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy and Master of Science in soil science from the University of Maryland. After university, Angle was a Fulbright fellow, and worked at Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom. He later earned a Ph.D. in soil microbiology from the University of Missouri.^[1]

Career

Angle worked for 24 years as a professor of soil science and as an administrator of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and Maryland Cooperative Extension.^[2]

From 2005 to 2015, Angle lived in Athens, Georgia, and served as director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. After leaving the university, Angle worked as president and CEO of the International Fertilizer Development Center. He has authored more than 300 scientific publications.^[3] He holds seven patents.

Angle is a fellow in the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America. In 2022, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[4] In November 2024, he will be inducted as a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida.

Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture

In September 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Angle to a six-year term as the third Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.^[5] He was sworn into office on October 29, 2018, by United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.^{[6] [7]}

In 2019, Angle was chosen as the Spring Commencement Speaker for his alma mater, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.^[8] In October 2020, Angle was honored by his other alma mater with the Distinguished Alumni Award for the University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.^[9]

Leader of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

In July 2020, Angle became the University of Florida's vice president for agriculture and natural resources and administrative head of the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.^[10]

In July 2023, Angle was named interim provost.^[11] In January 2024, then-UF President Ben Sasse announced that he had removed the "interim" from Angle's title.^[12] In September 2024, Angle returned to UF/IFAS and resumed his former job as senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources.

External links

• Biography at U.S. Department of Agriculture

Notes and References

1. Web site: J. Scott Angle National Institute of Food and Agriculture. nifa.usda.gov. 2020-01-06.
2. Web site: Dr. Scott Angle begins term as Director at USDA NIFA Soil Science Society of America. www.soils.org. 2020-01-06. 2019-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015044635/https://www.soils.org/story/dr-scott-angle-begins-term-director-usda-nifa. dead.
3. Web site: Soil scientist J. Scott Angle sworn in at NIFA. American Society of Animal Science. en. 2020-01-06. 2019-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930184231/https://www.asas.org/taking-stock/blog-post/taking-stock/2018/11/25/soil-scientist-j.-scott-angle-sworn-in-at-nifa. dead.
4. Web site: Five UF/IFAS faculty members elected AAAS fellows . 26 January 2022 .
5. Web site: President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts. en-US. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. 2020-01-06.
6. Web site: White House to Appoint J. Scott Angle to Lead NIFA. 2018-09-04. COSSA. en-US. 2020-01-06.
7. Web site: Perdue swears in Angle amidst NIFA relocation controversy. Report. -The Hagstrom. 30 October 2018 . en-US. 2020-01-06.
8. Web site: Meet Dr. J. Scott Angle, the College Spring 2019 Commencement Speaker College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland. agnr.umd.edu. en. 2020-01-06.
9. Web site: CAFNR 2020 Column Awards honor six distinguished alumni // Show Me Mizzou // University of Missouri. 2020-11-20. showme.missouri.edu. 9 November 2020 . en-US.
10. Web site: 2020-05-04. U.S. Department of Agriculture official named to lead UF/IFAS. 2020-11-20. UF/IFAS News. en-US.
11. Web site: Sasse Announces Interim Provost .
12. Web site: Dr. J. Scott Angle named provost of the University of Florida .