McEnery received a PhD in Experimental Physics from
University College Dublin in 1997. For her PhD, she observed the galaxy
Markarian 421. Before working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, McEnery worked on ground based
gamma-ray telescopes to detect
Cherenkov radiation. University College Dublin dedicates a yearly medal and prize to a student in her honor. This award is given to the student in the universities MSc in Space Science and Technology with the highest cumulative GPA across all program modules and an overall GPA exceeding first class honors == See also ==