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Mildred Dresselhaus

1930 - 2017

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Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017), known as the "Queen of Carbon Science", was an American physicist, materials scientist, and nanotechnologist. She was an institute professor and professor of both physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also served as the president of the American Physical Society, the chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the director of science in the US Department of Energy under the Bill Clinton Government. Dresselhaus won numerous awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, the Enrico Fermi Award, the Kavli Prize and the Vannevar Bush Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mildred Dresselhaus is the 469th most popular physicist (down from 432nd in 2019), the 3,827th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,960th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 469 out of 851. Before her are Carlo Matteucci, Walter Heitler, Berta Karlik, Rashid Sunyaev, Gabriele Veneziano, and Sameera Moussa. After her are John Canton, John Houghton, Wilhelm Hisinger, Emil Wiechert, Jules Antoine Lissajous, and Carlo Rovelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 211. Before her are Clive Revill, Yuan Longping, Israel Kirzner, Goro Shimura, Yuri Artyukhin, and Kalevi Sorsa. After her are Dani Karavan, María Elena Walsh, Svatopluk Pluskal, Jean Vincent, Herbert Erhardt, and Jean Ferrat. Among people deceased in 2017, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 184. Before her are James Rosenquist, Giulio Angioni, Gilberto Agustoni, Vito Acconci, John Hillerman, and Arthur Janov. After her are Roger Pingeon, Richard Anderson, Gastone Moschin, Mike Connors, Peter Berling, and Carlo Caffarra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 3,827 out of 20,380. Before her are S. S. Van Dine (1888), Chelsea Manning (1987), Terry Brooks (1944), Robert Davi (1953), Candice King (1987), and Arthur Janov (1924). After her are Cy Twombly (1928), Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Captain Beefheart (1941), Carl Brashear (1931), Gerard Damiano (1928), and Dee Wallace (1948).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 101. Before her are Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Richard C. Tolman (1881), Albert W. Hull (1880), Chester Carlson (1906), Leonard Susskind (1940), and Clarence Zener (1905). After her are Alan Sokal (1955), Robert Brout (1928), Theodore Hall (1925), Robert Serber (1909), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), and Lester Germer (1896).

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