May 25, 2021
 

USPOULTRY-sponsored award recognises University of Maryland academic

 

 

Dr. Roselina Angel, professor of monogastric nutrition at the University of Maryland (US), was recognised with the 2021 Poultry Science Association Distinguished Poultry Industry Career Award, sponsored by the US Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY).

 

The award recognises distinctive, outstanding contributions by an industry leader. In addition to sponsoring the award, USPOULTRY also makes an annual contribution to the Poultry Science Association Foundation on behalf of the award recipient.

 

"USPOULTRY is pleased to honor industry leaders exemplified by Dr. Roselina Angel. She is widely recognised for her many years of environmental sustainability work and contribution to the poultry industry," said John Starkey, president of USPOULTRY.

 

Dr. Angel worked as a research manager at Purina Mills for nine years, after which she joined the University of Maryland's Department of Animal and Avian Sciences.

 

She served as co-editor of the nutrition section of the Journal of Applied Poultry Research from 2009 to 2011, four two-year terms as an associate editor for the Journal of Poultry Science and as a member of the Poultry Science Association's board of directors. She has been a member of the programme committee for the Poultry Science's Informal Nutrition Conference since 1998.

 

Dr. Angel has been a panel member for United States Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative competitive grants programme and an ad hoc reviewer for USDA-NRI, the Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund and other funding agencies.

 

She has published seven book chapters, 170 articles in refereed journals and more than 250 abstracts. Since 2000, she has given more than 300 invited presentations both in the United States as well as internationally.

 

In 2002, Dr. Angel was named to the Committee on Animal Nutrition (CAN), the only standing committee of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences at that time.

 

She has been the recipient of several awards including the National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award, the American Feed Industry Association Poultry Nutrition Award and the Merrill Scholar Faculty Advisor award. She was named a fellow of the Poultry Science Association in 2016.

 

Dr. Angel's recent focus has also been on improvement in phosphorus nutrition through optimising calcium use as well as in optimising tools to maximise economic nutrient conversion efficiency.

 

Her research has had a direct measurable impact on water and air quality and the environmental and economic sustainability of the poultry industry.

 

- USPOULTRY