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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%">Career Paths
in Academia: a Seminar and Discussion with Prof. Mildred
Dresselhaus</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%">Tuesday, November 13</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Time:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%">1-2pm</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Room:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%">4-163</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%">GSC Academics, Research, Careers,
</span><a href="mailto:gsc-arc@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">gsc-arc@mit.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%"></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Registration
preferred:
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target="_blank"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">In this
seminar, Prof. Dresselhaus will explore questions related
to career paths in academia, such as: What are career
paths in academia like? How have they changed from past to
present? What future trends can we identify? Prof.
Dresselhaus will also share experiences from her own
career and answer questions from the audience.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">About the
speaker:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Professor
Mildred Dresselhaus is a native of the Bronx, and attended
New York City public schools through junior high school,
and Hunter College High School. She began her independent
career in 1960 as a member of the research staff at the
MIT Lincoln Laboratory after her PhD at the University of
Chicago (1958) and a two-year postdoc at Cornell
University. During that time she switched from research on
superconductivity to magneto-optics, and carried out a
series of experiments which led to a fundamental
understanding of the electronic structure of semi-metals,
especially graphite. This led to her appointment as an MIT
faculty member and eventually to appointment as an
Institute Professor in the departments of Physics and
Electrical Engineering. She served as the Director of the
Office of Science at the US Department of Energy in
2000-01, and has been an officer in many national
organizations in physics, engineering, and related areas.
Honors and awards include 28 honorary doctorates
worldwide. Other honors include the National Medal of
Science, the Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service, the
Compton Award, the Fermi Prize, and the Kavli Prize.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">Professor
Dresselhaus’s research over the years has covered a wide
range of topics in condensed matter and materials physics.
She is best known for her work on carbon science and
carbon nanostructures, as well as nanoscience and
nanotechnology more generally. She is also one of the
researchers responsible for the resurgence of the
thermoelectrics research field through her early work on
low-dimensional thermoelectricity in the early 1990s. She
co-chaired a Department of Energy study on “Basic Research
Needs for the Hydrogen Economy” in 2003 and more recently
co-chaired the National Academy Decadal Study of Condensed
Matter and Materials Physics. She has co-authored more
than 1400 publications including books, book chapters,
invited review articles, and peer-reviewed journal
articles. She is co-inventor on five US patents. Dr.
Dresselhaus remains involved in activities that promote
the increased participation of women in science and
engineering. She is an enthusiastic chamber music player
where she plays violin and viola, and enjoys spending time
with her husband, four children, and five grandchildren.</span></p>
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