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MIT star intimidates women prof candidate.(NEWSWATCH)
Eleven female MIT professors have accused their powerful colleague of interfering with the school's efforts to recruit a brilliant young female neuroscientist to the faculty.
In their letter to MIT President Susan Hockfield, they accuse Nobel Laureate Dr. Susumu Tonegawa of intimidating Alla Karpova by telling her that he would not mentor, interact or collaborate with her if she took the position offered to her at MIT. She has since declined the job offer.
In emails, Tonegawa advised Karpova not to take the job, suggesting that MIT professors were misleading her into believing that MIT could provide her with a supportive environment. "I honestly recommend you take one of these other offers rather than plunge into the hot pan," he advised.
In response, Karpova tried to persuade him to give his blessing, even promising to avoid research that would threaten his prominence in his field of interest.
The 11 professors noted that it is wrong for "a senior faculty member with great power and financial resources to behave in an uncivil, uncollegial and possibly an unethical manner toward a talented young ...
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