Smithsonian scientist will keep his job after deeply flawed misconduct investigation

Kris Helgen, the star mammalogist at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) accused of research misconduct during an expedition in Kenya last year, will keep his job, despite a recommendation from his supervisor that he be fired. But he has been suspended for two weeks without pay — a serious black mark in federal government service — and museum officials have stripped him of his responsibilities as head of its mammal division for a full year.He