In January 2021, Lander stepped down from his leadership role and took up an unpaid, academic leave-of-absence from his faculty positions at Broad, MIT and Harvard to serve as White House Science Advisor to President Joseph R. Biden.
A year later, he has resigned from the White House job for disrespecting staffers in his office.
What did Eric Lander do?
Eric Lander, worked under Joe Biden administration as a top science adviser.
He resigned on Monday after a White House investigation by POLITICO found him to have violated workplace policies.
Who is Eric Lander?
The 65-year-old is also a geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician, he has played a pioneering role in all aspects of the reading, understanding, and biomedical application of the human genome.
He was the principal leader of the international Human Genome Project.
Lander developed powerful methods for discovering the molecular basis of human diseases.
Meanwhile, he is also a family man; married with three children.
