Tag: J. Scott Angle

Five UF/IFAS faculty members elected AAAS fellows

by Samantha Murray
May 18, 2026

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected five UF/IFAS faculty members to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AAAS Fellows, J. Scott Angle, Katie Sieving, Matias Kirst, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences, Tony Romeo, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Yuncong Li

Forum tackles how AI can help deal with global food security

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2026

With the world’s population predicted to hover around 9.8 billion by 2050, artificial intelligence could help feed people across the globe now and in the future. That makes artificial intelligence (AI) an ideal topic for the third annual Future ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Adegbola Adesogan, Agricultultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Charlie Li, Crops, Diseases, Future Of Food Forum, Harvest, HiPerGator, J. Scott Angle, Karen Garrett, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Plant Pathology, Raquel Dias, Supply Chain
Dos personas de pie en un campo abierto mientras vuelan un dron; la mujer en primer plano sostiene el control mientras el dron flota frente a ellas.

University of Florida será la nueva sede de un importante programa acelerador de mejoramiento vegetal

by Luz Bahder
May 18, 2026

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  Breeding Insight (BI), un programa financiado por el Servicio de Investigación Agrícola del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Abeja Melífera, Acuicultura, Agricultura, Alfalfa, Almejas De Cultivo, Apicultura Comercial, Arándano, Bagre, BI, Breeding Insight, Caña De Azúcar, Cientificos, Citricos, Colaboración, Competencia, Corvina Roja, Cultivos De Florida, Damian Adams, Ecosistemas, El Aguacate, El Maní, El Melón, Español, Esturión, Fresa, Genes, HiPerGator, IA, Industria Acuícola De Florida, Inteligencia Artificial, J. Scott Angle, Lechuga, Mejoramiento Animal, Mejoramiento Genetico, Mejoramiento Vegetal, Mejorar, Moira Sheehan, Nuevas Variedades, Ostras, Papa, Pepino, Plagas Y Enfermedades Emergentes, Plantas De Vivero, Premio Honorario Del Secretario Del Departamento De Agricultura De Los Estados Unidos Del 2024, Programa De Fitomejoramiento, Reducir Costos, Repollo, Sandía, Servicio De Investigación Agrícola Del Departamento De Agricultura De Los Estados Unidos, Spanish, Tilapia, UF, UF-IFAS, USDA, Vanguardia, Variedades De Plantas

Agribusiness leaders graduate from prestigious UF/IFAS Leadership Institute

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2026

By Christy Chiarelli, Wedgworth Leadership Institute GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Twenty-nine Florida agribusiness leaders graduated from Class XII of the esteemed Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources (WLIANR) on Thursday, ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development
Tags: Agribusiness, Agribusiness Leaders, Christy Chiarelli, Graduation, J. Scott Angle, UF-IFAS, Wedgworth Leadership Institute, Wedgworth Leadership Institute For Agriculture And Natural Resources
Luke Flory, climbing a mountainside in Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. Here he is investigating the role of pathogen accumulation in the longer-term decline of invasive quinine tree. Credit Luke Flory.

UF taps global invasion ecology expert to lead new era of the Invasion Science Institute

by Lourdes Mederos
May 18, 2026

In the summer of 2000, a young undergraduate named Luke Flory was knee-deep in invasive plant species at a nature preserve in northern Indiana, with a backpack slung over his shoulder, filled with tools to study and manage invasive species. ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agroecology, Biological Invasions, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Department Of Biology, Department Of Plant Pathology, Director, Environmental Stressors, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, International Food Systems, Invasion Ecology, Invasions Science Institute, Invasive, Invasive Plant Ecology, Invasive Species In Florida, ISI, J. Scott Angle, Lourdes Mederos, Luke Flory, News, Non-native Species, Plant Pathology, Scott Angle, The Flory Lab, Tropical Conservation And Development Program, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, University Of Florida Invasion Science Institute
Arándanos azules en la planta.

Científico especialista en arándanos es nombrado director de la cátedra de mejoramiento de cultivos hortícolas

by Luz Bahder
May 18, 2026

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS.  Un veterano investigador especialista en arándanos ha sido nombrado director de la cátedra de mejoramiento de cultivos hortícolas para University of Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Arandanos, Catedra, Chris Gunter, Cultivares, Doctorado En Fitomejoramiento De UF/IFAS, Español, Fitomejorador, Fitomejoramiento, J. Scott Angle, Patricio Munoz, Spanish, UF-IFAS, Variedades
Close-up of ripe blueberries with a powdery surface.

Prolific blueberry scientist named Horticulture Crop Breeding Endowed Chair

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2026

A veteran blueberry researcher has been named the University of Florida’s Horticulture Crop Breeding Endowed Chair, recognizing the royalties generated by the fruit varieties he’s developed for global farming and consumption. Patricio ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Blueberries, Breeding, Chris Gunter, Cultivars, Horticultural Sciences, Horticulture Crop Breeding Endowed Chair, J. Scott Angle, Patricio Munoz, Plant Breeding, Southern Highbush Blueberry

Forum tackles how AI can help deal with global food security

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2026

With the world’s population predicted to hover around 9.8 billion by 2050, artificial intelligence could help feed people across the globe now and in the future. That makes artificial intelligence (AI) an ideal topic for the third annual Future ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Adegbola Adesogan, Agricultultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Charlie Li, Crops, Diseases, Future Of Food Forum, Harvest, HiPerGator, J. Scott Angle, Karen Garrett, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Plant Pathology, Raquel Dias, Supply Chain

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