Scientists? Any jerk off the street could make such a statement. Hope this wasn’t a result of a fed grant that used my tax dollars!
Another one.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/caltech-suspends-professor-harassment-0
“According to Ott’s website, as of last week he was advising five graduate students. He is the principal investigator on two active grants from the National Science Foundation, including a prestigious, 5-year CAREER award for promising young investigators. Part of that award helps support a summer workshop for dozens of graduate students in astrophysics from around the world.”......
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Below is the full sordid tale about this professor, and who got the boot and who stayed (he has grant money - see above, so he stayed)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/ott-harassment-investigation