UF President Ben Sasse announced Scott Angle as interim provost in a press release Thursday.
Angle is the current UF senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources. Hewill replace Joe Glover, who has occupied the position since 2008.
In January, Glover announced he would step down from his position at the end of July. He will continue to serve as a senior adviser to Sasse.
"Dr. Angle understands UF’s incredible teaching and research work," Glover wrote in the press release. "I’m very pleased to work with him as he transitions to his new role as interim provost."
Angle has professional experience in agriculture, academia and government.
Angle worked as a professor of soil science at the University of Maryland after he graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia with a doctoral degree in soil microbiology and chemistry in 1981.
Angle later became the director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and the Maryland Cooperative Extension.
Angle served as dean of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences from 2005 to 2015.
In 2018, the Trump administration appointed Angle to a six-year term as director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
UF announced Angle would lead UF/IFAS less than two years later.
At UF/IFAS, Angle has led efforts to implement artificial intelligence into agricultural practices and production.
President Sasse appointed Angle to a search committee for the new provost in March.
“I’m grateful for President Sasse’s leadership and the trust he’s placed in me to steward this important role for a time,” Angle said in the release.
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