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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

Sayantani Ghosh

Sayantani Ghosh

Professor, University of California Merced

Mark Wistey

Mark Wistey

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Jeffrey Shield

Jeffrey Shield

Professor and Chair, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Mark Hersam

Mark Hersam

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University

Sulin Zhang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Joel Brock

Joel Brock

Given Professor of Engineering, Cornell University

Noel Giebink

Noel Giebink

Professor, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Robert Gilkerson

Robert Gilkerson

Associate professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus

Michael Petronis

Michael Petronis

Associate Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Raymond Schaak

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and Associate Department Head for Research, The Pennsylvania State University

Mitk'El Santiago

Mitk'El Santiago

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Krishnan Rajeshwar

Krishnan Rajeshwar

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Naga Korivi

Naga Korivi

Associate Professor, Tuskegee University

Edward Yu

Edward Yu

Professor, Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Sayantani Ghosh

Sayantani Ghosh

Professor, University of California Merced

Mark Wistey

Mark Wistey

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Jeffrey Shield

Jeffrey Shield

Professor and Chair, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Mark Hersam

Mark Hersam

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University

Sulin Zhang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Joel Brock

Joel Brock

Given Professor of Engineering, Cornell University

Noel Giebink

Noel Giebink

Professor, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Robert Gilkerson

Robert Gilkerson

Associate professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus

Michael Petronis

Michael Petronis

Associate Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Raymond Schaak

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and Associate Department Head for Research, The Pennsylvania State University

Mitk'El Santiago

Mitk'El Santiago

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Krishnan Rajeshwar

Krishnan Rajeshwar

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Naga Korivi

Naga Korivi

Associate Professor, Tuskegee University

Edward Yu

Edward Yu

Professor, Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin