Erik Demaine is at MIT - http://erikdemaine.org/. He's a former child math prodigy who is won a MacArthur grant. He seems to be doing very well.

Madeinuk - I'm not sure the gender bias is fictional when it comes to maternity leave or a pregnancy. Last week MIT's student newspaper had something about the severe lack of parental leave for families, including faculty, with a pregnancy/baby and how this policy negatively affects women to a greater degree.