Mildred Dresselhaus
Mildred S. Dresselhaus ( born November 11, 1930 in New York City as Mildred Spiewak ) is an American physicist. She is professor of physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Life
Dresselhaus grew up in New York in the Bronx. There she first began to study at Hunter College and then went to Cambridge in 1951. A year later she moved to Harvard University and got her Masters there in 1953 at Radcliffe College. In 1958 she received her doctorate at the University of Chicago and married Gene Dresselhaus. She then spent two years at Cornell University.
Her career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she started with her husband in 1960 at Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington. During this time, she turned away from research on superconductors and devoted himself to the magneto-optics. Only through their experiments, an understanding of the electrical structure of semimetals developed.
In 1967, she joined as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and computer science, since 1968 she has been Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering. She is also on the faculty of electrical engineering and computer science, and since 1983 at the Department of Physics since 1973 professor. She has given is the title of " Institute Professor," the professors at MIT just earned since 1985.
Significant research results it achieved in the research of carbon nanotubes.
In 1984 she was president of the American Physical Society. From August 2000 to January 2001 she was Director of the Scientific Office of the U.S. Department of Energy. Since 2004 she is chairwoman of the governing body of the " American Institute of Physics ."
In addition to her studies, Dresselhaus is also strongly committed to the advancement of women in disciplines such as physics, where they are underrepresented.