Introduction
Natalie Dana Enright Jerger (née Enright) is an American computer scientist known for research in computer science including computer architecture and interconnection networks.
Education and career
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, she attended Kent Place School and received a BS in computer engineering from Purdue University in 2002. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Computer Architecture.
She joined the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2009 as an Assistant Professor.She was promoted to Associate 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 Council on Diversity and Inclusion. In 2023, she was promoted as Director of the Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto.
Recognition
- 2014: Young Engineer Medal from Professional Engineers Ontario.
- 2015: CRA-W Anita Borg Early Career Award (BECA). 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
- 2018: Named an ACM Distinguished Member.
- 2019: Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture.
- 2019: University of Toronto McLean Award.
- 2021: Elected as an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to networks-on-chip for many-core architectures".
Personal life
Enright Jerger is the grand-daughter of professional baseball player Tony Lupien, the great-granddaughter of Ulysses J. Lupien and cousin of professional wrestler and actor John Cena.