Breaking: Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigns amid reports of bullying
President-elect Joe Biden, right, listens as his nominee for the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and adviser on science Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. | Matt Slocum/AP PhotoPresident Joe Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening under an avalanche of backlash over reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates.
“It has been a great honor to serve as your Science Advisor and to work with the extraordinarily talented career and non-career colleagues at the Office of Science and Technology Policy,” Lander wrote in a letter to the president. “I am writing to submit my resignation, to be effective no later than February 18 in order to permit an orderly transfer.”
Landers’ resignation constitutes the highest profile departure from the president’s team to date and a black eye specifically for Biden, who had pledged early on that he would have a zero-tolerance policy when it came to bullying. On Monday, Psaki told reporters, the administration was implementing changes to assure a better workplace culture at OSTP and that they’d be monitoring Lander’s conduct more closely.
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