Australian technology company Neurotech has severed all ties with Adrian Attard Trevisan after The Sunday Times of Malta reported he had produced a false PhD in neuroscience.

Neurotech said in a public announcement it was “deeply disappointed” with the news. Dr Attard Trevisan’s “limited role” as a company adviser had been terminated, it said.

Dr Attard Trevisan is the inventor of a headband he once claimed could help autistic children become more in touch with their environment “by 500 per cent”.

His limited role as a company adviser had been terminated

Neurotech said he ceased to be an employee in April 2016 and resigned as a director of the company last June. Neurotech took over Dr Attard Trevisan’s company, AAT Research, in 2016.

The Sunday Times of Malta reported that Dr Attard Trevisan listed the qualifications on a Neurotech prospectus to investors in 2016.

Neurotech’s shares have fallen by 18 per cent this week.

Company filings from 2018 show Dr Attard Trevisan is a major shareholder in Neurotech.

Apart from the fake University College London PhD claim, Dr Attard Trevisan is being sued by a former employee for allegedly plagiarising sections of a PhD he obtained from Milan University in 2015.