The main thread of my work is structure property relations and materials. If you have certain atoms, why do they attract each other? Why do they make compounds? Why do they do what they do? Mildred Dresselhaus Read Quote
If I were not able anymore to come to the lab, that’s retirement. Or if I had no more ideas of things. Every year, there’s something new that comes along that’s too exciting to quit. Mildred Dresselhaus Read Quote
The best thing about having a lady professor on campus is that it tells women students that they can do it, too. Mildred Dresselhaus Read Quote
People in academia and industry are not accustomed to people who have long lapses in their careers. Mildred Dresselhaus Read Quote
It’s hard for people who come from traditional homes to take women seriously. I do it myself. We’re just not used to seeing women professionals. Women have to go out of their way to prove themselves. Mildred Dresselhaus Read Quote
The Bronx, I remember, was a very poor neighborhood, but that was all that immigrants could afford at that time. Life was tough. I grew up – my father didn’t have a job, but there weren’t too many people who did have jobs. Mildred Dresselhaus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
