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Mildred Dresselhaus

American Scientist

Born: Nov 11, 1930

Died: Feb 20, 2017

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Mentoring is about listening to people, helping them go over what the issues are and how to clarify ways to deal with any problems that may arise. Mildred Dresselhaus

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One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education. Mildred Dresselhaus

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At my first job as an independent researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, they told me I could work on most anything, but not what I knew something about. That is actually very good advice to a young person starting a career because you bring new ideas to the field. Mildred Dresselhaus

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Diversity and inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities in science should not affect the way education is handled or research is carried out. So diversity should not be a problem but rather an opportunity to involve a large talent pool. Mildred Dresselhaus

My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school down in Greenwich Village. I had to take the elevated train and then the subway to get there. Mildred Dresselhaus

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Superconductivity helped broaden my professional phase space. When I started my work, it was already known that magnetic fields could quench superconductivity. I found that the transition was not continuous, that superconductivity was initially enhanced in the presence of magnetic fields, then it would suddenly fall off. Mildred Dresselhaus

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My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy. Mildred Dresselhaus

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Energy is one topic on which different countries can work together collaboratively. If we can all produce energy from an element that's available in abundance on our planet, that would be a good thing, but we have to learn how to produce energy in large quantities, cheaply, efficiently and without detriment to the environment. Mildred Dresselhaus

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I think having four children made me a good mentor. As a parent, you get to know young people as they mature and grow up and to also learn about some of the difficulties they face. Mildred Dresselhaus

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I would say the first three or four papers on nano-thermoelectricity in bismuth went almost unnoticed, but all of a sudden when Dirac cones came along - pop! - there was huge interest in bismuth-related materials. Mildred Dresselhaus

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Electrons are the carriers for electricity, but they are also carriers for thermal energy. This means thermal conductivity is increased when the carrier density is increased. Mildred Dresselhaus

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The holy grail would be to turn a knob, and out comes the nanotube of the right diameter and chirality. Mildred Dresselhaus

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I behaved the way I was taught to behave: like a woman in the company of men. If you behaved aggressively in the company of men, they wouldn't accept you. Mildred Dresselhaus

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I learned to read music before I learned to read script. Mildred Dresselhaus

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I want to try to do something for women in physics worldwide. Mildred Dresselhaus

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People in academia and industry are not accustomed to people who have long lapses in their careers. Mildred Dresselhaus

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