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Mildred Dresselhaus
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American physicist (1930-2017)
Key facts
- Born
- Mildred Spiewak , ( 1930-11-11 ) November 11, 1930, Brooklyn, New York , U.S.
- Died
- February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20) (aged 86), Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Hunter College , Cambridge University , Radcliffe College , University of Chicago
- Known for
- Carbon nanotubes
- Spouses
- Frederick Reif ( divorced ) Gene Dresselhaus ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 )
- Fields
- Applied physics
- Institutions
- Cornell University , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Doctoral advisor
- Enrico Fermi
- Doctoral students
- Greg Timp Nai-Chang Yeh Deborah Chung
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mildred
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Radcliffe College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- IEEE Founders Medal
- Academic degree
- professor
- Field of work
- nanotechnology
- Image
- Barack Obama greets Burton Richter and Mildred Dresselhaus (cropped).jpg
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- birth name
- Mildred Spiewak
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1930-11-11
- Commons category
- Mildred Dresselhaus
- date of death
- 2017-02-20
- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- interested in
- nanotechnology
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Encyclopedic overview
Mildred Spiewak 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.
Early life and education
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