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Seth Lloyd is a physicist employed by MIT, where he conducted research on quantum computing [1]. His professional relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, which involved receiving significant funding and personal financing, led MIT to place him on administrative leave and impose restrictions on his activities {fact:1, fact:2, fact:5, fact:6}.
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Desperately seeking donors: Lessons from the Epstein case universityworldnews.com 4 facts
accountIn 2012, Jeffrey Epstein wrote to MIT physicist Seth Lloyd, whom he had known since 2004, proposing to give him two $50,000 tranches to test the acceptability of gifts from a convicted sexual offender at MIT.
measurementJeffrey Epstein developed close links with MIT physicist Seth Lloyd and provided him with US$100,000 for research in 2012.
claimAn MIT report noted that physicist Seth Lloyd acknowledged Jeffrey Epstein in his academic publications.
measurementIn 2017, Jeffrey Epstein provided US$125,000 to MIT physicist Seth Lloyd to cover his sabbatical, with the funds transferred through Epstein's philanthropic foundation, Gratitude America.
Epstein files show a complicated relationship with science and ... scientificamerican.com 2 facts
claimMIT placed Seth Lloyd on administrative leave in 2020 and imposed a five-year period of restrictions on him because he had accepted donations and personal financing from Jeffrey Epstein.
claimA redacted 2014 message sent to Jeffrey Epstein mentioned drafting an article for Scientific American about Seth Lloyd's work on quantum computing at MIT, which would be published with Jeffrey Epstein's name in the title.