PNAS Editor-in-Chief Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

May 04, 2018

Inder Verma has resigned as the editor-in-chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science reports.

His resignation on Tuesday comes less than a week after Science reported eight women accused Verma, who is also a professor and cancer research scientist at the Salk Institute, of sexual harassment. Verma has strongly denied the accusations.

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