Mildred Dresselhaus

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, delivered the 2022 Mildred S. Dresselhaus lecture on magic-angle graphene and the rise of moiré quantum matter.

A summer reading list featuring books by MIT faculty and staff that were published from July 2021 to July 2022.

A new book from MIT Press, "Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus," by Maia Weinstock, explores the life of the trailblazing physicist who expanded our understanding of the physical world.

Physicists have achieved a record-setting level of electron mobility in a thin film of ternary tetradymite. Materials like this will be essential for more efficient and sustainable electronic devices that can do more work with less power.

It also celebrated Internet pioneer Bob Kahn and other technologists

The National Academy of Sciences awarded MIT professor emerita and pioneering molecular biologist Nancy Hopkins with the 2024 Public Welfare Medal for leadership in advancing women's representation in science.

Mildred Dresselhaus laid the foundations for countless advances in nanotechnology

The $2 million honor recognizes his work in broadband technology

Clare Grey, Royal Society Research Professor and the Geoffrey Moorhouse-Gibson Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University, delivered the 2024 Dresselhaus Lecture at MIT on understanding battery function.

Medal of Honor recipient to be announced in February

MIT Professor Emerita Mary-Lou Pardue, a pioneering cellular and molecular biologist, has died at 90. She was known for her rigorous approach to science, influential research, and paving the way for women in science at MIT and beyond.

MIT Professor Angela Belcher gave the 2023 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture hosted by MIT.nano on "Evolving organisms to grow new nanomaterials for energy, the environment, and medicine."

Top award recognizes innovators of world-changing technologies

Which women should have won a Nobel Prize? E&T's top ten honours those with a strong case who have been overlooked.

In 1999, when women scientists forced real change at MIT, journalist Kate Zernike broke the story. Here's why she revisits it in her book, 'The Exceptions.'

It celebrates recipients such as Intel's Robert Noyce

In Carbon Queen, author Maia Weinstock illuminates the life and foundational scientific achievements of MIT's first female institute professor, National Medal of Science winner Mildred Dresselhaus..