Ranga Dias is no longer employed as a researcher at the University of Rochester in New York, but continues to work at his company nearby, Unearthly Materials.Credit: Lauren Petracca/New York Times/Redux/eyevine

Ranga Dias, once a bright star in the field of superconductivity who has been enmeshed in a public scandal for the past two years, is no longer employed by his university.

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