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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

Mircea Chipara

Mircea Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus

Jerzy Leszczynski

Jerzy Leszczynski

Professor And President’s Distinguished Fellow, Jackson State University

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University

Mohsen Eshraghi

Mohsen Eshraghi

Ramon Lopez

Ramon Lopez

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Yoichi Miyahara

Yoichi Miyahara

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Kim Lewis

Kim Lewis

Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences and Professor of Physics, Howard University

Jiechao Jiang

Jiechao Jiang

Professor of Research, The University of Texas at Arlington

Phil Engen

Phil Engen

Education & Outreach Director, University of Minnesota

Dorina Chipara

Dorina Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Cherese Winstead

Associate Professor, Chair, Delaware State University

Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown

Department Chair, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Igor Vasiliev

Igor Vasiliev

Professor, New Mexico State University

Frances Williams

Frances Williams

Director, Tennessee State University

Uwe Hommerich

Uwe Hommerich

Professor, Hampton University

Mircea Chipara

Mircea Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus

Jerzy Leszczynski

Jerzy Leszczynski

Professor And President’s Distinguished Fellow, Jackson State University

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University

Mohsen Eshraghi

Mohsen Eshraghi

Ramon Lopez

Ramon Lopez

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Yoichi Miyahara

Yoichi Miyahara

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Kim Lewis

Kim Lewis

Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences and Professor of Physics, Howard University

Jiechao Jiang

Jiechao Jiang

Professor of Research, The University of Texas at Arlington

Phil Engen

Phil Engen

Education & Outreach Director, University of Minnesota

Dorina Chipara

Dorina Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Cherese Winstead

Associate Professor, Chair, Delaware State University

Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown

Department Chair, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Igor Vasiliev

Igor Vasiliev

Professor, New Mexico State University

Frances Williams

Frances Williams

Director, Tennessee State University

Uwe Hommerich

Uwe Hommerich

Professor, Hampton University