Mildred Dresselhaus

1930 - 2017

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Harvard University, University of Chicago, Cornell University, Hunter College, Hunter College High School, Radcliffe College

occupation: physicist, engineer, university teacher

award received: Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science, Harold Pender Award, Oersted Medal, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, IEEE Medal of Honor, National Medal of Science, Women in Technology International, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Honorary doctoral degree of the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Weizmann Women & Science Award, Vannevar Bush Award, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award, Kavli Prize, IEEE Founders Medal, Enrico Fermi Award, Women in Technology Hall of Fame, Heinz Award, Von Hippel Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics, honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Carbon Medal, Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach, honorary doctor of ETH Zürich, ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences

position held: professor

Mildred Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017), known as the "Queen of Carbon Science", was an American physicist, materials scientist, and nanotechnologist. She was an institute professor and professor of both physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also served as the president of the American Physical Society, the chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the director of science in the US Department of Energy under the Bill Clinton Government. Dresselhaus won numerous awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, the Enrico Fermi Award, the Kavli Prize and the Vannevar Bush Award. Source: Wikipedia (en)