Mildred Dresselhaus

Mildred S. Dresselhaus
Born	November 11, 1930 (1930-11-11) The Bronx, New York
Residence	United States, United Kingdom
Nationality	American
Fields	Applied physics
Institutions	Cornell MIT
Alma mater	Hunter College Cambridge Harvard Chicago
Doctoral students	Greg Timp
Known for	Carbon nanotubes

Mildred S. Dresselhaus (born Mildred Spiewak on November 11, 1930 in The Bronx, New York) is an Institute Professor and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dresselhaus received her high school degree at Hunter College High School, undergraduate degree at Hunter College in New York, and carried out postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge on a Fulbright Fellowship and Harvard University. She received a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1958. She then spent two years at Cornell University as a postdoc before moving to Lincoln Lab as a staff member. She became a visiting professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT in 1967, became a tenured faculty member in 1968, and became a professor of Physics in 1983. She was promoted to Institute Professor in 1985.

Dresselhaus was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1990 in recognition of her work on electronic properties of materials as well as expanding the opportunities of women in science and engineering. and in 2005 she was awarded the 11th Annual Heinz Award in the category of Technology, the Economy and Employment. In 2000–2001, she was the Director of the Office of Science at the US Department of Energy. From 2003-2008, she was the Chair of the governing board of the American Institute of Physics. She has also served as President of the American Physical Society, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences. Dresselhaus has devoted a great deal of time to supporting efforts to promote increased participation of women in physics.

Dresselhaus is particularly noted for her work on graphite, graphite intercalation compounds, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and low dimensional thermoelectrics. Her group has made frequent use of electronic band structure, Raman scattering and the photophysics of carbon nanostructures. Dresselhaus' former students include such notable physicists as Nai-Chang Yeh, Greg Timp, Mansour Shayegan, James S. Speck, Lourdes Salamanca Riba, and Ahmet Erbil.

She is married to Gene Dresselhaus, a well-known theorist, and has four grown children and several grandchildren.

Selected publications

• M. S. Dresselhaus and P. C. Eklund (2000). "Phonons in carbon nanotubes". Advances in Physics 49 (6): 705. Bibcode 2000AdPhy..49..705D. doi:10.1080/000187300413184. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/c783.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Samsonidze, S. G. Chou, G. Dresselhaus, J. Jiang, R. Saito, and A. Jorio. Recent Advances in Carbon Nanotube Photo-physics. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/g1125.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus and G. Dresselhaus (2002). "Intercalation Compounds of Graphite". Advances in Physics 51 (1): 1. Bibcode 2002AdPhy..51....1D. doi:10.1080/00018730110113644. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/w959.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Big Opportunities for Small Objects". Materials Today Magazine 5 (11): 48. doi:10.1016/S1369-7021(02)01164-1. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/f994.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus and A. Jorio (2004). "Unusual Properties and Structures of Carbon Nanotubes". Annual Review of Materials Research 34 (1): 247. Bibcode 2004AnRMS..34..247D. doi:10.1146/annurev.matsci.34.040203.114607. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/i1023.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, R. Saito and A. Jorio (2005). "Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes". Physics Reports 409 (2): 47. Bibcode 2005PhR...409...47D. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2004.10.006. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/i1049.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus and H. Dai (2004). "Carbon Nanotues: Continued Innovations and Challenges". Bulletin of the Materials Research Society 29: 237. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/k1051.pdf. 
• J. Heremans and M. S. Dresselhaus (2005). "Low Dimensional Thermoelectricity". CRC Handbook - Molecular and Nano-electronics: Concepts, Challenges, and Designs. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/o1055.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus, R. Saito and A. Jorio (2004). "Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes". Proceedings of ICPS-27. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/y1091.pdf. 
• S. G. Chou, F. Plentz-Filho, J. Jiang, R. Saito, D. Nezich, H. B. Ribeiro, A. Jorio, M. A. Pimenta, G. Samsonidze, A. P. Santos, M. Zheng, G. B. Onoa, E. D. Semke, G. Dresselhaus and M. S. Dresselhaus (2005). "Photo-excited Electron Relaxation Process Observed in Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of DNA-wrapped Carbon Nanotube". Physical Review Letters 94 (12): 127402. Bibcode 2005PhRvL..94l7402C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.127402. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/c1095.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Nanotubes: a step in synthesis". Nature Materials 3 (10): 665. Bibcode 2004NatMa...3..665D. doi:10.1038/nmat1232. PMID 15467687. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/h1100.pdf. 
• M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Applied Physics: Nanotube Antennas". Nature Materials 432 (7020): 959. Bibcode 2004Natur.432..959D. doi:10.1038/432959a. PMID 15616541. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/m1105.pdf. 
• S. B. Fagan, A. G. Souza-Filho, J. Mendes-Filho, P. Corio and M. S. Dresselhaus (2005). "Electronic Properties of Ag- and CrO3-filled Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes". Chemical Physics Letters 406 (1-3): 54. Bibcode 2005CPL...406...54F. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2005.02.091. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/w1115.pdf. 
• Y. A. Kim, H. Muramatsu, T. Hayashi, M. Endo, M. Terrones and M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Thermal Stability and Structural Changes of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes by Heat Treatment". Chemical Physics Letters 398 (1-3): 87. Bibcode 2004CPL...398...87K. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2004.09.024. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/b1094.pdf. 
• G. Samsonidze, R. Saito, N. Kobayashi, A. Gruneis, J. Jiang, A. Jorio, S. G. Chou, G. Dresselhaus and M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Family Behavior of the Optical Transition Energies in Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes of Smaller Diameters". Applied Physics Letters 85 (23): 5703. Bibcode 2004ApPhL..85.5703S. doi:10.1063/1.1829160. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/w1089.pdf. 
• S. G. Chou, H. B. Ribeiro, E. Barros, A. P. Santos, D. Nezich, G. Samsonidze, C. Fantini, M. A. Pimenta, A. Jorio, F. Pletz-Filho, M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, R. Saito, M. Zheng, G. B. Onoa, E. D. Semke, A. K. Swan, B. B. Goldberg and M. S. Unlu (2004). "Optical Characterization of DNA-wrapped Carbon Nanotube Hybrids". Chemical Physics Letters 397 (4-6): 296. Bibcode 2004CPL...397..296C. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2004.08.117. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/q1083.pdf. 
• E. I. Rogacheva, O. N. Nashchekina, A. V. Meriuts, S. G. Lyubchenko, O. Vekhov, M. S. Dresselhaus and G. Dresselhaus (2005). "Quantum Size Effects in PbTe/SnTe/PbTe Heterostructures". Applied Physics Letters 86 (6): 063103. Bibcode 2005ApPhL..86f3103R. doi:10.1063/1.1862338. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/n1080.pdf. 
• H. Son, Y. Hori, S. G. Chou, D. Nezich, G. Samsonidze, E. Barros, G. Dresselhaus, M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Environment Effects on the Raman Spectra of Individual Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes: Suspended and Grown on Polycrystalline Silicon". Applied Physics Letters 85 (20): 4744. Bibcode 2004ApPhL..85.4744S. doi:10.1063/1.1818739. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/m1079.pdf. 
• C. Fantini, A. Jorio, M. Souza, A. J. Mai Jr., M. S. Strano, M. A. Pimenta and M. S. Dresselhaus (2004). "Optical Transition Energies and Radial Breathing Modes for HiPco Carbon Nanotubes from Raman Spectroscopy". Physical Review Letters 93 (14): 147406. Bibcode 2004PhRvL..93n7406F. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.147406. PMID 15524844. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/z1066.pdf. 
• S. B. Cronin, A. K. Swan, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, M. S. Dresselhaus and M. Tinkham (2004). "Measuring Uniaxial Strain in Individual Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes: Resonance Raman Spectra of AFM Modified SWNTs". Physical Review Letters 93 (16): 167401. Bibcode 2004PhRvL..93p7401C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.167401. http://mgm.mit.edu/papers/p1056.pdf. 

External links

• Freeview video interview with Millie Dresslhaus by the Vega Science Trust
• Homepage
• Dresselhaus's MIT Page
• Biography of Dresselhaus from IEEE