The Professor Doctor Mildred Slugwak Dresselhaus was born in the moment between a peal of lightning and a clap of thunder in an ancient mansion atop a wild and frightening hill. By age two she built her own tesla-coil from discarded Star Wars lunch boxes and the guts of vacuum cleaner. In kindergarten she pioneered gastropod cyberneticization, saving her beloved pet Slugga Meitner from death by half-squishing. At age 10 she wrote what is now the considered the definitive treatise on the care and nurturing of minions, henchpersons, and lackeys.

In high school the professor doctor published widely in respected science journals on the topic of corduroy induced electrostatic discharge and its implications for world peace (or destruction, take your pick). She was also a member of the flag team, debate society, and president of FEMGaP (Future Evil Mad Geniuses of the Pacific).

The professor doctor went on to study robotics, biology, computer science, physics, astrophysics, mathematics, chemical engineering, engineering and cinema studies at a respected state college (because even mad scientists knows better than to pay private school tuition). She graduated with B.S. in political science and went on to earn her doctorate from the University of Oregon in the interdisciplinary programs in Evil Genius Business Sciences and World Conquest Studies.

The professor doctor is currently building her army of girl scientists (affectionately known as henchmaidens) with the ultimate goal of Global Female World Science Domination1.

Slug Queen and The Global Female World Science Domination Army

The professor doctor was born to rule with an osmium2 fist. Achieving the crown of Slug Queen is step 7 of phase 3 in her 14-phase plan for total world domination. The professor doctor already has a small army of girl scientists dedicated to the cause. The tenets of her philosophy can be boiled down to the following:

Science is good.
You should like science.
I am good at science.
By the transitive property, I should rule the world3.

The Woman Behind the Curtain

The Professor Doctor is also known as Brandy Todd, Director of the Science Program to Inspire Creativity and Excellence (SPICE) and Assistant Director for Administration of the Oregon Center for Optics at the University of Oregon. SPICE will be her official charity organization if/when she is proclaimed Slug Queen 2012.

Brandy is a strong advocate for science education and works tirelessly to encourage girls, children of color, and low-income first-generation college attenders to embrace science. SPICE provides an array of hands-on, fun, science activities to children (and adults) in Lane County at low and no-cost to participants. SPICE runs cohort based science summer camps, hosts the UO Fall Science Open House, and runs the UO Science and Invention Fair. You can find out more about SPICE here. http://oco.uoregon.edu/spice/

Like the professor doctor, Brandy also has a B.S in political science (and sociology) from the University of Oregon. She also holds a masters in public administration and is working on her Ph.D in Educational Leadership. Brandy is a huge fan of waffles, cycling, and blowing things up (in the name of science).

  1. Global World domination is not redundant. We are a global organization with affiliates worldwide and we are bent on world domination.
  2. Osmium is far superior to iron being heavier, stronger and having a much higher melting point. Like royalty it is rare, unique and often eccentric.
  3. It’s best not to argue with the logical consistency of this syllogism. Lore tells of a philosophy professor who corrected the professor doctor’s logic in class once. She transmuted his desk to cesium . . . which is mildly radioactive. He couldn’t go in his office for, like, a week. It was very inconvenient. Don't make the professor doctor inconvenience you.