Amy Enright wins GLBRC early career award

Amy Enright spends most of her work day thinking about an invisible world. She first discovered this world of microbes in a high school biology class where she learned about DNA and genetic engineering. “I was becoming fascinated with this whole other world that we can’t really see but has such a huge impact on us,” Enright said. Enright, now a doctoral candidate in genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was awarded the 2024 Jennifer L. Reed Bioenergy Science Award, given annually to recognize early-career women with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for outstanding research and leadership. The award is named for Jennifer Reed, a microbial scientist and GLBRC lead who died in 2020.