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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color:
#000000;font-size: 10pt;"><big>Dear MIT Postdocs,<br>
<br>
You may be interested in watching the video from the seminar
held recently (see description below). It is now available at </big>
<big><a
href="http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/21710-career-paths-in-academia"
target="_blank">
http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/21710-career-paths-in-academia</a><br>
This event was organized by MIT's Graduate Student Council's
Academics, Research & Careers committee and Research
Scientist Tingying (Helen) Zeng, with support from the Office of
the Vice President for Research. </big>
<big><br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
<br>
Dana</big><br>
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%"> </span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%"></span></b><a
href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5CdVZKWHozdkxKZWZTT0tlX2w3bGc6MQ#gid=0"
target="_blank"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%"><br>
</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%"> </span></p>
<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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%">About the
speaker: </span></b></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%"> </span></p>
<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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