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.

Aliases (3)

Mildred S. Dresselhaus ×2
Dresselhaus ×1
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus ×1

Statements (50)

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 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 College → University of Cambridge → University of Chicago →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Dresselhaus →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → electrical engineering → materials science → nanotechnology →
fullName	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, 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, United States →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kate Gleason Award → MRS Von Hippel Award ("Mildred S. Dresselhaus") →	notableRecipient
Mildred Dresselhaus ("Dresselhaus") →	familyName
Mildred Dresselhaus ("Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus") →	fullName
Institute Professor at MIT →	hasNotableHolder
Oersted Medal ("Mildred S. Dresselhaus") →	hasRecipient