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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

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson

Professor, California State University Long Beach

Doyle Temple

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Kesete Ghebreyessus

Kesete Ghebreyessus

Associate Professor, Hampton University

Xiaoqing  Pan

Xiaoqing Pan

Professor, University of California Irvine

Lisandro Cunci

Lisandro Cunci

Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

Xiaosong Li

Xiaosong Li

LARRY R. DALTON ENDOWED CHAIR, University of Washington

Przemyslaw Dera

Przemyslaw Dera

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Preston Moore

Preston Moore

Professor, Saint Joseph's University

John Asbury

John Asbury

Professor of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Eric Stach

Eric Stach

Scientific Director, University of Pennsylvania

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Tennessee State University

Mauricio Terrones

Mauricio Terrones

George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head of Physics, Evan Pugh University Professor, Professor of Chemistry and MatSE, The Pennsylvania State University

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Jie Ling

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson

Professor, California State University Long Beach

Doyle Temple

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Kesete Ghebreyessus

Kesete Ghebreyessus

Associate Professor, Hampton University

Xiaoqing  Pan

Xiaoqing Pan

Professor, University of California Irvine

Lisandro Cunci

Lisandro Cunci

Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

Xiaosong Li

Xiaosong Li

LARRY R. DALTON ENDOWED CHAIR, University of Washington

Przemyslaw Dera

Przemyslaw Dera

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Preston Moore

Preston Moore

Professor, Saint Joseph's University

John Asbury

John Asbury

Professor of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Eric Stach

Eric Stach

Scientific Director, University of Pennsylvania

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Tennessee State University

Mauricio Terrones

Mauricio Terrones

George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head of Physics, Evan Pugh University Professor, Professor of Chemistry and MatSE, The Pennsylvania State University

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Jie Ling