One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education. Mildred S. Dresselhaus Education
Superconductivity helped broaden my professional phase space. When I started my work, it was already known that magnetic fields could quench superconductivity. I found that the transition was not continuous, that superconductivity was initially enhanced in the presence of magnetic fields, then it would suddenly fall off. Mildred S. Dresselhaus Space
All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominator: none has required that I give up my science work. Mildred S. Dresselhaus Leadership
All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominator: none has required that I give up my science work. Mildred S. Dresselhaus Science