Mildred’s childhood was spent in New York and she completed her schooling from Hunter College High School and later she went to Hunter College to pursue under graduation. She completed her course in 1951. At that time, she met Rosalyn Yalow and Rosalyn inspired Mildred to pursue higher education in physics.

Mildred was totally convinced and she decided to join the University of Cambridge for post-graduation. She also went to Harvard University. Later after completing her master’s degree, she went to the University of Chicago to pursue a Doctorate.

She completed her Ph.D. in 1958 and she also did a lot of research at Cornell University for two years. Later, Mildred started working for Lincoln Lab. While working at Lincoln Lab, she was also a professor at prestigious MIT. This was long back in 1967. She is known to be the first Institute Professor at MIT who was a female.

It is also known that in 1990, Mildred was honored with the National Medal of Science Award and she received this award because of her contribution in the field of electrical engineering. It is also known that the team appreciated her for setting an example for all the ladies in the world.

She won several more awards like Heinz Award and Oersted Medal. Mildred also worked in United states Department of Energy for a year and she was working there as a Director. She held several prestigious posts in a government department and she was also the president of American Physical Society. She also made several contributions by doing research on nanostructures.

It is known that she did a lot of work on graphite and carbon nanotubes. She was also involved in using the logic behind Raman Scattering of this material. She also helped in the prediction of the structure of carbon nanotubes. She had been a perfect example of success in the field of physics. Mildred also acted as an inspiration for several women and she herself was an encouragement for them. She is still active in her study and she often delivers lectures in conferences.

It is known that later in life, Mildred decided to get married and she chooses Gene Dresselhaus as her husband. Together they raised four children in their family. There is no information available about her annual salary or about her net worth but it can surely be said that she has a really high net worth. Recently in 2017, Mildred also worked for General Electric and she was featured in an advertisement for the company. There are several publications of Mildred which are available on google scholar.