Prominent US chemical engineer leaves post amid allegations of image irregularities

A high-profile chemical engineer at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has left his position after dozens of his studies came under scrutiny online.

Thomas Webster, who has published hundreds of research papers that have collectively attracted tens of thousands of citations and is a former president of the Society for Biomaterials, is no longer based at Northeastern University, where he worked since 2012, a spokesperson for the institution told Chemistry World. But the spokesperson declined to comment further, noting that the institution ‘does not comment on specific personnel matters’.