Career Paths in Academia: Prof. Dresselhaus - Tues. Nov. 13; 1- 2 pm

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

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*Career Paths in Academia: a Seminar and Discussion with Prof. Mildred 
Dresselhaus*

*Date: *Tuesday, November 13

*Time: *1-2pm

*Room: *4-163

*Contact: *GSC Academics, Research, Careers, gsc-arc at mit.edu 
<mailto:gsc-arc at mit.edu>

*Registration preferred: **RSVP form* 
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5CdVZKWHozdkxKZWZTT0tlX2w3bGc6MQ#gid=0>**

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.

*About the speaker: *

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.

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.


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