President of Stanford Resigns after Photoshopped Images were found in His Research

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who has been president of Stanford University for seven years, has resigned after proof that he digitally altered and falsified images in his research papers was revealed by a student journalist.

12 papers authored by Tessier-Lavigne were, reportedly, found to have falsified information including lab panels that had been digitally stitched together, panel backgrounds that were digitally altered, and blot results that were taken from other research papers.

“The allegations revolved around the idea that images that were published in his papers had been manipulated and Photoshopped to show results that they did not actually represent,” 18-year-old student journalist Theo Baker told ABC 7 News Bay Area.