Karen Bjorkman has been named interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Toledo.

She has been dean of UT’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics since 2010.

Ms. Bjorkman, who is also a professor of astronomy, joined UT’s Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1996.

Andrew Hsu, who has served as UT’s provost since 2016, has been named president of the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

Ms. Bjorkman has a PhD and master’s degree in astrophysics from the University of Colorado and a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of North Carolina.

UT will conduct a national search for a provost next school year.

First Published January 4, 2019, 5:13 a.m.