Natalie Dana Enright Jerger (

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Enright) is an American

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known for research in computer science including computer architecture and interconnection networks.

Education and career

Born in

Plainfield, New Jersey Plainfield is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, known by its nickname as "The Queen City."

, she attended

Kent Place School The Kent Place School is a girls independent college-preparatory day school (with a coeducational nursery and pre-kindergarten) serving students in preschool through twelfth grade in Summit, Union County, New Jersey, United States. Kent Place ...

and received a BS in computer engineering from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

in 2002. She joined the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

in 2009 as an Assistant Professor. She was promoted to Associated Professor in 2014 and to Professor in 2017, becoming the Percy Edward Hart Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Enright Jerger co-chairs the

ACM ACM or A.C.M. may refer to: Aviation * AGM-129 ACM, 1990–2012 USAF cruise missile * Air chief marshal * Air combat manoeuvring or dogfighting * Air cycle machine * Arica Airport (Colombia) (IATA: ACM), in Arica, Amazonas, Colombia Computing * ...

Council on Diversity and Inclusion.

Recognition

*2014: Young Engineer Medal from

Professional Engineers Ontario Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO; known until 1993 as the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, APEO) is the self-regulatory body that governs Ontario's 85,000 professional engineers, and sets standards for and regulates engineering ...

. *2015:

CRA-W The Computing Research Association's Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP) has the mission of increasing the success and participation of underrepresented groups in computing research and education at all levels. In par ...

Anita Borg Early Career Award (BECA). 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. *2018: Named an

Distinguished Member. *2019: Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture. *2019: University of Toronto McLean Award. *2021: Elected as an

IEEE Fellow As of 2019, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 5,082 members designated Fellow, each of whom is associated with one of the 41 societies under the IEEE. The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membershi ...

"for contributions to networks-on-chip for many-core architectures".

Personal life

Enright Jerger is the grand-daughter of professional baseball player

Tony Lupien Ulysses John "Tony" Lupien Jr. (April 23, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a left-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. Lupien was ...

, the great-granddaughter of

Ulysses J. Lupien Ulysses John Lupien Sr. (December 12, 1883 – August 15, 1965) was an American businessman and government official who served as Massachusetts director of civil service and city manager of Lowell, Massachusetts. Early life Lupien was born in ...

and cousin of professional wrestler and actor

John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American part-time professional wrestler, actor, and former rapper. He is currently signed to WWE. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he is tied w ...

References

External links

* University of Toronto
Natalie Enright Jerger, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Enright Jerger, Natalie American women computer scientists American computer scientists Living people Kent Place School alumni Purdue University College of Engineering alumni Year of birth missing (living people) People from Plainfield, New Jersey University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni Fellow Members of the IEEE 21st-century American women