University of Maryland president Darryll Pines on Wednesday refuted claims that he plagiarized portions of research papers he co-authored in 2002 and 2006, according to an email obtained by The Diamondback.
In an email sent Wednesday to faculty members at this university, Pines said while he does not believe the claims have merit, he has asked the university’s research integrity office to conduct an independent review.
An article published Tuesday in The Daily Wire, a conservative American media outlet, asserted Pines lifted portions of the papers from a website published in 1996.
“I have always prided myself on producing the highest-quality scientific work over nearly four decades of submitting peer-reviewed research to academic journals,” Pines wrote. “While I am steadfast that our results, data and findings are sound, I acknowledge recurrent language in the introductory sections.”
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The Daily Wire reported that Pines and his co-author for both papers, Liming Salvino, who was a postdoctoral researcher at this university from 1991 to 1993, did not cite “Surfing the Wavelets,” a website published by Joshua Altmann, then a university student in Australia, in either research paper about structural health monitoring.
Pines connected with his co-author to review the manuscript, he wrote in the email Wednesday.
The university’s faculty affairs office will share the results of the research integrity office’s review with Jay Perman, the University System of Maryland’s chancellor, Pines wrote in his email.
A university spokesperson referred to Pines’ email to faculty when The Diamondback requested comment on the plagiarism allegations on Wednesday. Salvino did not immediately respond to The Diamondback’s request for comment in time for publication.
