Top US govt science advisor resigns over bullying accusations
5 years ago(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 16, 2021 Eric Lander, nominee for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and presidential science adviser, speaks after being nominated by US President-elect Joe Biden at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - A top White House science adviser resigned Monday amid accusations of workplace harassment, behavior that Joe Biden promised at the beginning of his tenure to be uncompromising about. "I am devastated that I have hurt former and current colleagues by the way I have spoken to them," wrote Eric Lander, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in his letter. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Top US government science advisor Eric Lander, who helped map the human genome, resigned on Monday after being found to have bullied his staff, behaviour President Joe Biden vowed he would not tolerate when he took office.