# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDIV-6hDQ8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460664-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0c324bd43b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-11-11T17:45:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Mildred Dresselhaus, born #OTD in 1930, studied nanomaterials like graphene. She was the first woman to win a National Medal of Science in engineering. 🏅
"I think that scientists have a goal of discovering the unknown and that's a forever-goal. It keeps you alert and excited about each day." —Mildred Dresselhaus, American engineer and physicist, known as "The Queen of Carbon."
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#womeninscience #sciencehistory #science #history #womancrush #women #carbon #engineer #STEM #womeninSTEM #goals #sciencegoals #forevergoals #physics

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## Tags

otd, history, goals, sciencegoals, stem, engineer, carbon, womeninscience, forevergoals, science, women, sciencehistory, womancrush, physics, womeninstem

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