# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mildred-dresselhaus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:57:03.661Z

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name: "Mildred Dresselhaus"
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description: "Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, 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."
tagline: "American physicist (1930-2017)"
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birthDate: "1930-11-11"
deathDate: "2017-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump