
Monica Kortsha is a professional science writer and communicator with more than eight years of experience writing about science and society.
She is currently the assistant director of communications and the lead science writer at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. She is especially interested in covering the ongoing energy transition and how existing expertise in the energy sector can be reapplied toward cleaner energy options, such as geothermal and hydrogen.
In addition to covering the regular churn of science at the Jackson School, Monica is the associate editor of the school's annual magazine, Newsletter. Her 2019 piece for the magazine on a fossil photography technique, "Out of the Shadows," won the 2020 University Excellence in Communications writing award.
Prior to the Jackson School, She worked as a feature writer at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences ( now the Oden Institute) at UT Austin.
She is also the owner and founder of Gothfarm Yarn, a small yarn and fiber business.
Monica earned her Bachelor's in Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from The University of Texas at Austin.
Let's talk: mkortsha-at-gmail.com
She is currently the assistant director of communications and the lead science writer at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. She is especially interested in covering the ongoing energy transition and how existing expertise in the energy sector can be reapplied toward cleaner energy options, such as geothermal and hydrogen.
In addition to covering the regular churn of science at the Jackson School, Monica is the associate editor of the school's annual magazine, Newsletter. Her 2019 piece for the magazine on a fossil photography technique, "Out of the Shadows," won the 2020 University Excellence in Communications writing award.
Prior to the Jackson School, She worked as a feature writer at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences ( now the Oden Institute) at UT Austin.
She is also the owner and founder of Gothfarm Yarn, a small yarn and fiber business.
Monica earned her Bachelor's in Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from The University of Texas at Austin.
Let's talk: mkortsha-at-gmail.com