[catnipman]

Wiki says this about Peter L. Hagelstein, sponsor of this MIT IAP symposium”

“In 1989 he started investigating cold fusion (also called low-energy nuclear reactions) with the hope of making a breakthrough similar to the X-ray laser. In the period between 1989 and 2004, the field became discredited in the eyes of many scientists. Due to his involvement, as of 2004 he has not achieved full professorship and he has lost his own laboratory.”

[Wonder Warthog]

“In 1989 he started investigating cold fusion (also called low-energy nuclear reactions) with the hope of making a breakthrough similar to the X-ray laser. In the period between 1989 and 2004, the field became discredited in the eyes of many scientists. Due to his involvement, as of 2004 he has not achieved full professorship and he has lost his own laboratory.”

And your point is?? This is typical of the political witch hunts run by the anti-LENR faction. Denial of promotion, denial of research credit/degrees for grad students, denial of grant funds (even from the private sector), and, if they can manage it....termination of employment. For one of the most egregious cases, read up on John O'mara Bockris.

And in spite of all those artificial impediments, LENR is coming to useful fruition, thanks to selfless researchers like Hagelstein who have essentially sacrificed their careers to foster the search for truth.