Olivier Voinnet (born 1973)[1] is a French biologist and professor of RNA biology at the ETH Zurich.
[1][2] Voinnet's published articles have been subject to allegations of image manipulation, leading to multiple corrections and retractions: as of 2022 nine of Voinnet's scientific articles have been retracted, five others have received an expression of concern, and 25 others have been corrected.
[5] The investigation at ETH Zurich found that the scientist "breached his duty of care in the handling of figures as well as in his supervisory duties as a research director...and will receive an admonition in relation to his conduct," but also concluded that "this is not a case of scientific misconduct as defined in ETH Zurich's Rules of Procedure".
"[7] In July 2015, Voinnet was suspended from the CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research) for 2 years.
[14] In 2013 he was awarded the Rössler Prize at the ETH Zurich, sponsored by Max Rössler and awarded each year to a young male or female professor from ETH Zurich, considered to be of the ″most promising young scientists in the further development of their career″.