Mildred Dresselhaus

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American scientist electrical engineer materials scientist physicist

Mildred Dresselhaus was a pioneering American physicist and electrical engineer known as the “Queen of Carbon” for her groundbreaking work on the electronic properties of carbon materials and her leadership in promoting women in science.

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Mildred Dresselhaus canonical 12
Mildred S. Dresselhaus 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ
materials scientist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials ⓘ
Kavli Prize ⓘ
surface form: Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthName Mildred Spiewak ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-11-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-02-20 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Enrico Fermi ⓘ
educatedAt Hunter College ⓘ
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
surface form: Radcliffe College

Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Chicago ⓘ
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
familyName Mildred Dresselhaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dresselhaus
fieldOfWork condensed matter physics ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
nanotechnology ⓘ
fullName Mildred Dresselhaus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus
givenName Mildred ⓘ
knownFor electronic properties of carbon ⓘ
leadership in promoting women in science ⓘ
research on carbon nanotubes ⓘ
research on fullerenes ⓘ
research on graphite ⓘ
thermoelectric materials research ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Physical Society ⓘ
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nickname Queen of Carbon ⓘ
notableStudent Phaedon Avouris ⓘ
notableWork Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Applications ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Director of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
Institute Professor at MIT ⓘ
President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ
President of the American Physical Society ⓘ
spouse Gene Dresselhaus ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Kate Gleason Award → notableRecipient → Mildred Dresselhaus ⓘ
Oersted Medal → hasRecipient → Mildred Dresselhaus ⓘ
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MRS Von Hippel Award → notableRecipient → Mildred Dresselhaus ⓘ
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James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award → hasNotableRecipient → Mildred Dresselhaus ⓘ
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