MIT nanotechnology researcher charged with hiding work he did for China

Updated: 4:25 PM EST Jan 14, 2021

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HE IS A LONG-SERVING RESEARCHER, AND THE ALLEGATIONS ARE DISTRESSING. 56-YEAR-OLD GANG CHEN IS ACCUSED OF OBTAINING A US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANT FOR RESEARCH AT MIT, BUT FAILED TO DISCLOSE HES ALSO WORKING FOR THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA. HES DIRECTOR OF THE PAPPARLARDO MICRO NANO ENGINEERING LAB. CHINA HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED TO STEP UP ITS ADVANCEMENTS IN NANO TECHNOLOG CHEN RECEIVED ABOUT $355,000 IN COMPENSATION HELPING. AMONG THE CHARGES WIRE FRAUD, FAILURE TO REPORT A CHINESE BANK ACCOUNT, AND FALSE STATEMENTS ON HIS ON TAX RETURNS. THE MIT PROFESSOR RECEIVED MORE THAN $19 MILLION IN U.S. FEDERAL GRANTS. >> HE WAS WORKING FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WHILE SECURING U.S. RESEARCH DOLLARS. HE IS CURRENTLY THE PROFESSOR OF POWER ENGINEERING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT M.I.T. >>, T IN A STATEMENT SAID IT WAS DEEPLY DISTRESSED BY THE ARREST OF PROFESSOR GANG CHEN THIS MORNING. MIT BELIEVES THE INTEGRITY OF RESEARCH IS A FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE TAKE SERIOUSLY CONCERNS ABOUT IMPROPER INFLUENCE IN U.S. RESEARCH. THE ALLEGATION IS THAT ON DEVICES, HIS CONVERSATIONS WERE ABOUT HIS CHINESE AFFILIATION. THE U.S. SAY

MIT nanotechnology researcher charged with hiding work he did for China

Updated: 4:25 PM EST Jan 14, 2021

Federal authorities arrested a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Thursday at his home in Cambridge for allegedly failing to report his ties to the Chinese government.

Federal authorities arrested a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Thursday at his home in Cambridge for allegedly failing to report his ties to the Chinese government.

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