Actually, he maintained computer networks and troubleshoots technical problems, so I don't know if he was any more of a scientist that any other sysadmin, but he was also written up for harassing coworkers about religion, and was let go when the mission was over and budget cuts required them to lay off somebody.
I would like to think that if he was an Amway salesman who had been written up because people complain that he shouldn't be handing out Amway pamphlets at work, and annoying others with his campaigns to demand more Amway friendly laws be passed, and whose main project just got cancelled, that he would be several steps closer to the chopping block when budgets get cut.