UW-Madison engineering professor who led 'toxic' lab will resign this summer
A tenured UW-Madison professor at the center of a "toxic" engineering lab where one of his students died by suicide is resigning from the university this summer.
Akbar Sayeed, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 1997, will resign Aug. 1, according to an email sent by department chairwoman Susan Hagness on Monday.
Sayeed's resignation comes more than four years after the 2016 death of doctoral student John Brady, who left behind a trail of digital evidence documenting the damaging effect Sayeed had on the well-being of students working in his lab.
UW-Madison officials investigated Sayeed's behavior and found he violated a policy against hostile and intimidating behavior. A university report described the lab's environment as "toxic."
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