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What is PREM?

Building Capability in Materials Research

The Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program fosters long-term collaborations between universities and NSF’s Division of Materials Research (DMR)-supported centers. It enhances research opportunities through faculty and student exchanges, student mentoring and professional development, educational opportunities and training in state-of-the-art experimental, theoretical and computational materials development techniques. PREM supports students, postdocs, and faculty while advancing materials research and education.
Engaging Talent

Engaging Talent

We focus on identifying, recruiting and supporting a cohort of talented individuals in materials science through targeted outreach, mentorship, professional development and research engagement.
Fostering Growth

Fostering Growth

Our outreach and partnership initiatives ensure a collaborative environment that empowers long-term growth and a broad spectrum of perspectives that strengthen our field.
Impacting our World Through Materials Science

Impacting our World Through Materials Science

Our members conduct interdisciplinary research and develop new knowledge and technologies that impact the fields of biomedicine, energy, nanotechnology, electronics, and sustainability.

Our Community

Meet the talented researchers and educators driving innovation in materials science

Margaret Murnane

Margaret Murnane

University of Colorado Boulder

Eric Stach

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Michael Scheibner

Michael Scheibner

Associate Professor, University of California Merced

Natalya Zimbovskaya

Natalya Zimbovskaya

Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Tennessee State University

Juhyun Lee

Juhyun Lee

Aida Ebrahimi

Aida Ebrahimi

Assistant Professor, Penn State

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University

Ronald Redwing

Ronald Redwing

Associate Teaching Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Dean, Tuskegee University

Alan Esker

Alan Esker

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jerald  Dumas

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Yangyang Liu

Yangyang Liu

Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles

Javier Read de Alaniz

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Jared Ashcroft

Jared Ashcroft

Pasadena City College

Abiodun Fasoro

Abiodun Fasoro

Associate Professor, Tennessee State University

Sarah Schreiner

Sarah Schreiner

University of Colorado

Michael Scheibner

Michael Scheibner

Associate Professor, University of California Merced

Kevin Edgar

Kevin Edgar

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Raymond Schaak

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Kytai Nguyen

Kytai Nguyen

Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Xinle Li

Xinle Li

Assistant Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Benjamin Martin

Benjamin Martin

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas State University San Marcos

Ram Seshadri

Ram Seshadri

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Kesete Ghebreyessus

Kesete Ghebreyessus

Associate Professor, Hampton University

Horacio Vasquez

Horacio Vasquez

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Ivan Dmochowski

Ivan Dmochowski

Alan MacDiarmid Term Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

Yi Hong

Yi Hong

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Thomas Epps

Thomas Epps

Chief Science Officer, Lignolix, Inc

Jorge J. Santiago-Avilés

Jorge J. Santiago-Avilés

Associate Professor Emeritus, The University of Pennsylvania