Energy Institute Research Project Manager and External Relations Coordinator
Nora Ankrum is a research project manager and external relations coordinator at the UT Energy Institute, where she supports the Institute’s work facilitating cross-campus collaboration among UT students and faculty on energy-related initiatives and research. She brings to this role more than 15 years of experience as a professional communicator, much of it spent as an editor and journalist reporting on issues pertaining to energy research and policy. She is passionate about exploring and understanding the impacts that energy systems, policies, and innovations have on everyday life.
Nora has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She is the author of the feature story—"Texas: The Energy State"—in the Texas Almanac 2024-2025.