Posted on 09/20/2019 7:14:07 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
The woman who served as the inspiration for Greece's first Barbie doll has been accused of falsely claiming she is a leading scientist who has won awards for her work for Nasa.
Eleni Antoniadou, 31, has been described as a specialist in the fields of regenerative medicine, artificial organ bioengineering and space medicine, as well as training astronauts at Nasa, and working as CEO of Transplants Without Donors, which creates artificial organs for transplants.
Cited as a "Greek scientist of global calibre" by national media, her accolades include being named in a Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list for Healthcare, being voted 2013 Woman of the Year at the annual British FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards, winning the NASA-ESA Outstanding Researcher Award in 2012, and presiding over the European Health Parliament.
Two weeks ago, she was presented with an award for scientific excellence by Niki Kerameos, Greece's education minister, who said: "Her passion for science inspires us and fills us with optimism." However, Ms Antoniadou's career has this week come under heavy scrutiny, with members of the academic community claiming that many of her credentials are false, and that she has never held a position at Nasa or won one of its awards.
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A spokesperson for Nasa said Ms Antoniadou was not an employee of the agency, but they could not rule out the possibility she had worked as a sub-contractor on Nasa projects.
The organisation that gave out the award Ms Antoniadou accepted earlier this month from the Greek minister said Ms Kerameos was not in any way involved in the selection of the winner.
It must be a slow news day in Athens. Or maybe this qualifies as breaking news in Greece??
Well, if we are going to play make-believe with pronouns, humoring a young lady like that might be more agreeable. She has an interesting spot on the hot/crazy index, I’m sure.
Just more evidence of “awards” today being given to un-worthy people because they have checked a box.
Nasa has no record of this person working at Nasa and she does not have a Phd even though Mattel claims she is a scientist.
I’ve know what NASA is, but what is this thing called Nasa?
“winning the NASA-ESA Outstanding Researcher Award in 2012”
geez, how hard was that to verify?
Nice teef.
Apperently Nasa is where she claims she works. Mattel and the Greek science community mistook it for NASA.
She does seem to have a sturdy set of chompers.
On the hood of my car at Wisconsin and M Streets at 5 o’clock on Friday afternoon and I’ll give you thirty minutes to draw a crowd.
With instagram fame and “diversity” agendas I'm surprised we don't see more of this.
On the hood of my car at Wisconsin and M Streets at 5 o’clock on Friday afternoon and I’ll give you thirty minutes to draw a crowd.
Take a look at the NASA award book for 2012. 82 pages of awards. NASA even gave out 12 awards for Diversity in 2012. How does one not obtain an award from NASA?
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