Kartik Sheth, who is set to start research in Marseille, says transatlantic split positions might have most success
Photo credits: Kartik Sheth / LinkedIn
As Europe mulls how best to poach US-based scientists fleeing cuts and hostility from the administration of Donald Trump, one space scientist heading for Marseille has urged funders to allow Americans to retain some of their old ties.
Kartik Sheth lost his position as associate chief scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in April as part of a mass layoff of thousands of employees.
Now, however, Sheth is set to start work at Aix-Marseille University as part of its Safe Place for Science programme, designed offer a haven for US-based academics suffering from the Trump administration’s cuts.
“The French have been extremely wonderful and generous in offering a pretty sizable start-up package,” said Sheth, who earlier this year met French President Emmanuel Macron to talk about the scheme.
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