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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

Nelson Cardona Martínez

Nelson Cardona Martínez

Professor, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Sean Kerwin

Sean Kerwin

Director, Texas State University

Mataz Alcoutlabi

Mataz Alcoutlabi

Associate Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Madhab Neupane

Madhab Neupane

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Tatiana Timofeeva

Tatiana Timofeeva

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Tennessee State University

Jay Gupta

Jay Gupta

Professor, The Ohio State University

Daniel Gamelin

Daniel Gamelin

Professor, University of Washington

Mauricio Terrones

Mauricio Terrones

Evan Pugh University Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Doyle Temple

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Javier Read de Alaniz

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Yangyang Liu

Yangyang Liu

Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles

James Hone

James Hone

Director, Columbia University in the City of New York

Dhananjay Kumar

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Lisa Neshyba

Lisa Neshyba

Dhananjay Kumar

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Jeffrey Shield

Jeffrey Shield

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Stuart Rowan

Stuart Rowan

Barry L MacLean Professor, University of Chicago

Jie Ling

Boris Kiefer

Boris Kiefer

Professor, New Mexico State University

Parag Banerjee

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Deep Jariwalla

Deep Jariwalla

Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Haeyeon Yang

Haeyeon Yang

Grambling State University

Fei Yan

Fei Yan

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Ram Seshadri

Ram Seshadri

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Karen Martirosyan

Karen Martirosyan

Professor and Director Advanced Nanoscience Lab, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Mahesh Mahanthappa

Mahesh Mahanthappa

Faculty, Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Jesse Edwards

Jesse Edwards

Javier Read de Alaniz

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Sean Kerwin

Sean Kerwin

Director, Texas State University