sentences:  She received a bachelor of science degree in physics in 1964 (although she is often identified as a member of the class of 1965, with whom she entered MIT; compare  and ) and a doctor of science (Sc.D) degree in metallurgy and materials science in 1967.Between 1967 and 1969, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Royal Society Mond section of Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.In 1969, she joined the Department of Physics at MIT, where her research investigated high-temperature metal and ceramic superconductors, single crystal and thin-film materials research, and detecting corrosion kinetics using superconducting magnetometry.