So far it was a lab accident under investigation: The exact details of Tiansi Xin’s death are still under investigation, but some witnesses and authorities have provided their accounts of what happened. According to them, Tiansi was working in his laboratory at the MIT Chemistry Building, around 2 p.m. on November 16, 2023. He was performing an experiment involving the reaction of a phosphorus compound with a metal hydride, under high pressure and temperature. He was using a sealed glass vessel, equipped with a pressure gauge and a safety valve. As he was monitoring the reaction, something went wrong, and the vessel exploded, releasing a large amount of gas and debris. The explosion shattered the windows and the walls of the laboratory, and triggered the fire alarm and the sprinkler system. Tiansi was hit by the blast, and suffered severe injuries and burns. He was found unconscious and bleeding by his colleagues, who called 911 and tried to help him. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. https://www.emlaksatan.com/en/tiansi-xin-death-cummins-mit-chemistry-department-student-has-suicide/
从论文猜老板是个白人，五年了才发一片文章对理科来说的确不咋地 其实国内很多成绩考出来的聪明人并不适合学术。学术is a totally different thing.可能是挫败感吧，时间成本有很大觉得回不了头。其实26岁想改个行不是难事，还有三十多转码的呢，就是一时想不开钻牛角尖了 国内那种学位越高越好的想法真是害死人，我妈到现在还说我的娃今后一定要读博士，我只能在心里翻白眼。
让我想起了 EJ Corey 的学生自杀的事件。EJ Corey是哈佛教授，曾经是有机合成的最大大牛，诺贝尔奖获得者。据说Corey自己每天工作12小时，所以他根本不觉得是abuse。 Jason Altom (6 October 1971 – 15 August 1998) was an American PhD student working in the research group of Nobel laureate Elias James Corey at Harvard University. He killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in 1998, citing in his suicide note "abusive research supervisors" as one reason for taking his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Jason_Altom
让我想起了 EJ Corey 的学生自杀的事件。EJ Corey是哈佛教授，曾经是有机合成的最大大牛，诺贝尔奖获得者。据说Corey自己每天工作12小时，所以他根本不觉得是abuse。 Jason Altom (6 October 1971 – 15 August 1998) was an American PhD student working in the research group of Nobel laureate Elias James Corey at Harvard University. He killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in 1998, citing in his suicide note "abusive research supervisors" as one reason for taking his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Jason_Altom
弱智导师对学生羡慕嫉妒恨， 弄死了 Cummins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 28, 1966.[citation needed] He attendedMiddlebury Collegeand Stanford Universitybefore transferring to Cornell Universitywhere he performed undergraduate research under the direction of Peter T. Wolczanski.[4] At Cornell, Cummins conducted research on the reactivity of low-coordinate zirconium and titanium complexes bearing bulky silanamide ligands (tBu3SiNH−), with small molecules such as methane, benzene, and carbon monoxide.[5][6][7] After graduating from Cornell with an AB degree in 1989 感觉家里有权有势 After receiving his PhD in 1993, Cummins was invited to stay at MIT as an assistant professor and was later promoted to full professor in 1996. 咋做到的。。
MIT 真是渣校啊， 对死了的北大学生丝毫没有一点点尊重。 Christopher "Kit" Colin Cummins (born February 28, 1966) is an American chemist, 在布告里面老板还用 Kit, 连个完整的first name都没有， 学生都死了。 真是垃圾中的战斗机。 而且这个人博士毕业三年就MIT的正教授了， MIT一般用几年， 也没看到这个人有多牛啊。。 After receiving his PhD in 1993, Cummins was invited to stay at MIT as an assistant professor and was later promoted to full professor in 1996. 这个教授列出来的第一个Awaid, 2007年， 已经是MIT 正教授11年后了。 In 2007, Cummins was awarded the 2007 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences by Tel Aviv University[18] and the 2007 F. Albert Cotton Award by the American Chemical Society. 还是在特拉维夫， 就是现在打仗那个地方吧。
让我想起了 EJ Corey 的学生自杀的事件。EJ Corey是哈佛教授，曾经是有机合成的最大大牛，诺贝尔奖获得者。据说Corey自己每天工作12小时，所以他根本不觉得是abuse。 Jason Altom (6 October 1971 – 15 August 1998) was an American PhD student working in the research group of Nobel laureate Elias James Corey at Harvard University. He killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in 1998, citing in his suicide note "abusive research supervisors" as one reason for taking his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Jason_Altom
So far it was a lab accident under investigation: The exact details of Tiansi Xin’s death are still under investigation, but some witnesses and authorities have provided their accounts of what happened. According to them, Tiansi was working in his laboratory at the MIT Chemistry Building, around 2 p.m. on November 16, 2023. He was performing an experiment involving the reaction of a phosphorus compound with a metal hydride, under high pressure and temperature. He was using a sealed glass vessel, equipped with a pressure gauge and a safety valve. As he was monitoring the reaction, something went wrong, and the vessel exploded, releasing a large amount of gas and debris. The explosion shattered the windows and the walls of the laboratory, and triggered the fire alarm and the sprinkler system. Tiansi was hit by the blast, and suffered severe injuries and burns. He was found unconscious and bleeding by his colleagues, who called 911 and tried to help him. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. https://www.emlaksatan.com/en/tiansi-xin-death-cummins-mit-chemistry-department-student-has-suicide/
So far it was a lab accident under investigation: The exact details of Tiansi Xin’s death are still under investigation, but some witnesses and authorities have provided their accounts of what happened. According to them, Tiansi was working in his laboratory at the MIT Chemistry Building, around 2 p.m. on November 16, 2023. He was performing an experiment involving the reaction of a phosphorus compound with a metal hydride, under high pressure and temperature. He was using a sealed glass vessel, equipped with a pressure gauge and a safety valve. As he was monitoring the reaction, something went wrong, and the vessel exploded, releasing a large amount of gas and debris. The explosion shattered the windows and the walls of the laboratory, and triggered the fire alarm and the sprinkler system. Tiansi was hit by the blast, and suffered severe injuries and burns. He was found unconscious and bleeding by his colleagues, who called 911 and tried to help him. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. https://www.emlaksatan.com/en/tiansi-xin-death-cummins-mit-chemistry-department-student-has-suicide/
So far it was a lab accident under investigation: The exact details of Tiansi Xin’s death are still under investigation, but some witnesses and authorities have provided their accounts of what happened. According to them, Tiansi was working in his laboratory at the MIT Chemistry Building, around 2 p.m. on November 16, 2023. He was performing an experiment involving the reaction of a phosphorus compound with a metal hydride, under high pressure and temperature. He was using a sealed glass vessel, equipped with a pressure gauge and a safety valve. As he was monitoring the reaction, something went wrong, and the vessel exploded, releasing a large amount of gas and debris. The explosion shattered the windows and the walls of the laboratory, and triggered the fire alarm and the sprinkler system. Tiansi was hit by the blast, and suffered severe injuries and burns. He was found unconscious and bleeding by his colleagues, who called 911 and tried to help him. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. https://www.emlaksatan.com/en/tiansi-xin-death-cummins-mit-chemistry-department-student-has-suicide/
So far it was a lab accident under investigation: The exact details of Tiansi Xin’s death are still under investigation, but some witnesses and authorities have provided their accounts of what happened. According to them, Tiansi was working in his laboratory at the MIT Chemistry Building, around 2 p.m. on November 16, 2023. He was performing an experiment involving the reaction of a phosphorus compound with a metal hydride, under high pressure and temperature. He was using a sealed glass vessel, equipped with a pressure gauge and a safety valve. As he was monitoring the reaction, something went wrong, and the vessel exploded, releasing a large amount of gas and debris. The explosion shattered the windows and the walls of the laboratory, and triggered the fire alarm and the sprinkler system. Tiansi was hit by the blast, and suffered severe injuries and burns. He was found unconscious and bleeding by his colleagues, who called 911 and tried to help him. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. https://www.emlaksatan.com/en/tiansi-xin-death-cummins-mit-chemistry-department-student-has-suicide/
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没有任何其他creditable的网站有说这个，mit校友都没看到实验室爆炸新闻，看来这个是假新闻的可能性极大。
很有可能。参见中山大学最近的事
赞层主！我就是在家长的建议下选了计算机没选化学。我爸妈的理由是（1）化学有毒，（2）化学危险，尤其是我比较粗心。现在看来他们太明智了。 认为化学有毒也不是凭空想象。原来我家在航天部三院，有个101站是搞化学的，旁边门诊部设定的转氨酶指标都和普通医院不一样，因为101站的人普遍转氨酶高。这是三十多年前的事儿。 也不是说学计算机就一定好，后来我也转专业了。但是学化学确实有风险。
🛋️ 沙发板凳
是自杀，抑郁的可能性比较大
什么原因，不让毕业？
其实国内很多成绩考出来的聪明人并不适合学术。学术is a totally different thing.可能是挫败感吧，时间成本有很大觉得回不了头。其实26岁想改个行不是难事，还有三十多转码的呢，就是一时想不开钻牛角尖了
国内那种学位越高越好的想法真是害死人，我妈到现在还说我的娃今后一定要读博士，我只能在心里翻白眼。
搞不好是老板压文章？
有4篇文章，还有一篇JACS，已经很不错了
我的天哪。MIT就是没paper，只要混个毕业出来也可以吃一辈子了
那个老板paper还不错啊，4年吧，发一篇高质量的也没啥，尤其火坑专业，MIT不知道啥要求，有一篇也能毕业吧，大不了多读一年再发一篇
对化学博士而言，JACS真不是很难发的期刊
北大博士五年能发三四篇的大有人在
博士第五年才26岁？那很年轻啊，可惜了。
this is not the first one. and will not be the last one.
北大2019年毕业。我觉得其实是因为人生之前太顺利了。
我觉得人很矛盾，推到清华北大的程度，然后还要接着往上爬到藤校。路只能越走越窄
下面中不溜求的孩子反倒没有这种负担，反而路可以走的更五花八门
大把国外all the way学出来的也一样，博士生，哪怕博士拿到手了，也是金字塔的底座，并不代表一定你climb the ladder. 能到到金字塔头部的毕竟是少数。
Bless！人不能太把自己当回事儿，不能entitle，也不能assume。。。
啥原因？
看报道，导师可能是个美国人，Professor Kit Cummins。
RIP
RIP. MIT读博压力太大了，有朋友博士没读下去拿了硕士毕业了，奥赛娃，换个学校肯定读下来了。
学基础学科就是路很窄，除了当教授做学问，还能干嘛？
只说最近有paper被接受，没有说只有一片paper吧
也看在哪里读，哪个导师，什么专业和学业是不是顺利，很多人博士也读的平愉快的。
so sad.
博士读完可以博士后攒文章啊
Jason Altom (6 October 1971 – 15 August 1998) was an American PhD student working in the research group of Nobel laureate Elias James Corey at Harvard University. He killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in 1998, citing in his suicide note "abusive research supervisors" as one reason for taking his life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Jason_Altom
mIT 这种学校要七年毕业吧
mit五年一片文章能够survive？就算已经tenure了，没有了发文章的压力，至少一年一篇也还是需要的吧?
是的，人和人就是不一样，不一样的地方就是在养成的习惯上。。。养成了每天工作12个小时就不觉得工作这么久是累了，反而没有做这么久就觉得还有什么事情没做。
Cummins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 28, 1966.[citation needed] He attended Middlebury College and Stanford University before transferring to Cornell University where he performed undergraduate research under the direction of Peter T. Wolczanski.[4] At Cornell, Cummins conducted research on the reactivity of low-coordinate zirconium and titanium complexes bearing bulky silanamide ligands (tBu3SiNH−), with small molecules such as methane, benzene, and carbon monoxide.[5][6][7] After graduating from Cornell with an AB degree in 1989
感觉家里有权有势
After receiving his PhD in 1993, Cummins was invited to stay at MIT as an assistant professor and was later promoted to full professor in 1996.
咋做到的。。
没paper能毕业吗？那还怎么混毕业啊
而且这个人博士毕业三年就MIT的正教授了， MIT一般用几年， 也没看到这个人有多牛啊。。 After receiving his PhD in 1993, Cummins was invited to stay at MIT as an assistant professor and was later promoted to full professor in 1996.
这个教授列出来的第一个Awaid, 2007年， 已经是MIT 正教授11年后了。 In 2007, Cummins was awarded the 2007 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences by Tel Aviv University[18] and the 2007 F. Albert Cotton Award by the American Chemical Society. 还是在特拉维夫， 就是现在打仗那个地方吧。
老板是白人，就是死者不适合学术还非要钻牛角尖。 老板是华人，估计要开始八卦是不是极品有毒老板了吧？
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/student_inorganic_chemistry_seminar_with_tiansi_xin_mit-_cummins_group
明明last name就不是。。。怎么总有人看到这种事就这么猜想
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Tiansi-Xin-2206733921
说是last week出事的
他是臭名昭著的啊，组里有不止一个自杀的。
不过PHD读到最后会有SUICIDAL或者HOMICIDAL的冲动, 那种内心的煎熬不是开玩笑的
是，那里的天才太多了
父母怎么接受得了
是呢，塔尖上的人要往上走，路肯定越走越窄；如果愿意放下身段往下走，路就很宽很宽
科研穷三代，火坑毁一生。
The exact details of Tiansi Xin’s death are still under investigation, but some witnesses and authorities have provided their accounts of what happened. According to them, Tiansi was working in his laboratory at the MIT Chemistry Building, around 2 p.m. on November 16, 2023. He was performing an experiment involving the reaction of a phosphorus compound with a metal hydride, under high pressure and temperature. He was using a sealed glass vessel, equipped with a pressure gauge and a safety valve. As he was monitoring the reaction, something went wrong, and the vessel exploded, releasing a large amount of gas and debris. The explosion shattered the windows and the walls of the laboratory, and triggered the fire alarm and the sprinkler system. Tiansi was hit by the blast, and suffered severe injuries and burns. He was found unconscious and bleeding by his colleagues, who called 911 and tried to help him. He was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
https://www.emlaksatan.com/en/tiansi-xin-death-cummins-mit-chemistry-department-student-has-suicide/
天啊，看起来是实验室事故啊，那个安全阀是不是失效了，学校会有责任吧？
从这个看起来不像自杀啊。谁自杀会利用实验事故自杀？
没想明白，等细节。 怎么能炸的这么惨? 多少量呀？玻璃vessel，高温高压能高到哪？再说炸也炸到炉子里呀。
的确是，做科研真的跟考试完全不一样
成立的时候是为穷人的孩子准备的
是实验室爆炸，不是自杀