P ont ▁Ex perimental ▁Station ▁in ▁Wil ming ton , ▁Del aware . ▁He ▁was ▁eventually ▁appointed ▁as ▁a ▁Du P ont ▁Research ▁Fellow . ▁He ▁has ▁made ▁numerous ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁cer am ics , ▁super con duct ors , ▁die lect rics , ▁catal ysis , ▁therm oe lect rics , ▁mult ifer ro ics , ▁ion ic ▁conduct ors , ▁and ▁organ ic ▁synth esis . ▁His ▁notable ▁discover ies ▁include : ▁ze ol ites ▁as ▁prec urs ors ▁to ▁electronic ▁cer am ics , ▁new ▁Bi ▁and ▁T l - cont aining ▁super con duct ors , ▁catal yst s ▁for ▁Fischer - T ro ps ch ▁synth esis , ▁and ▁hydro flu or oc ar b ons ▁( H FC s ), ▁col oss al ▁die lect rics ▁( C CT O ), ▁col oss al ▁magnet ores istance ▁( G MR ) ▁ox ides , ▁and ▁sk utter ud ite ▁therm oe lect rics . ▁His ▁work ▁on ▁flu oro ar om atic ▁synth esis ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁notable ▁achiev ements . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Sub ram an ian ▁joined ▁Oregon ▁State ▁University ▁as ▁the ▁Mil ton ▁Harris ▁Chair ▁Professor ▁of ▁Material s ▁Science , ▁where ▁his ▁research ▁is ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁synth esis ▁of ▁novel ▁functional ▁materials ▁for ▁emer ging ▁applications ▁in ▁energy , ▁environment , ▁and ▁electron ics . ▁He ▁has ▁published ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁scientific ▁articles ▁since ▁while ▁at ▁Oregon