Jenna Kurtzweil is a science writer and communications coordinator at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Her writings covered topics from agriculture and cancer research to energy and engineering, including news releases, features, profiles, study stories, web and social media copy, scripts, newsletters, speeches, and print and digital marketing materials.

​Jenna received bachelor's degree in English from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a master's in library and information science from UIUC.