You're totally right. God knows why he wanted to lie, perhaps the DoD grants are really important for the lab. Giving how sensitive things are with China, I th

You're totally right. God knows why he wanted to lie, perhaps the DoD grants are really important for the lab. Giving how sensitive things are with China, I think it's fair to say that it would have had a large impact on those grants. I do know some professor with 40+ graduates/post-graduates. It feels like academia have became mini feudal fiefdoms but instead of farming land it farm grants, with papers.