Storer Named MTU Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs

A veteran Michigan Tech educator will take over as the university’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. 

Andrew Storer joined the Michigan Tech faculty in 2001 and rose to the rank of professor of forest insect ecology. In addition, he served as director of the Honors Institute at Michigan Tech, and as director of graduate studies and associate dean within the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. His areas of expertise include forest insect ecology, impacts of exotic species on forest ecosystems, and interactions among fire, insects, and disease in forests.

Storer earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Entomology from the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and also holds an MA and a BA in Pure and Applied Biology from St. Anne’s College, Oxford. He spent almost 10 years as a research entomologist at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining the faculty at Michigan Tech.

Storer was one of four finalists for the job. University President Rick Koubek thanked the search committee and community members who participated in the vetting process.