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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

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Sulin Zhang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Madhab Neupane

Madhab Neupane

Associate Professor , University of Central Florida

James Hone

James Hone

Director, Columbia University in the City of New York

Dorothy Pak

Dorothy Pak

Education Director, University of California, Santa Barbara

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Associate Professor, Tennessee State University

Evgeny Tsymbal

Evgeny Tsymbal

George Holmes University Distinguished Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Nadya Mason

Nadya Mason

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lamartine Meda

Lamartine Meda

Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana

Mohammad Islam

Mohammad Islam

Carnegie Mellon University

Nicholas Pinto

Nicholas Pinto

Professor, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

Mohsen Eshraghi

Mohsen Eshraghi

Robert B. Moore

Robert B. Moore

Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Boris Kiefer

Boris Kiefer

Professor, New Mexico State University

Mircea Chipara

Mircea Chipara

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

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Sulin Zhang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Madhab Neupane

Madhab Neupane

Associate Professor , University of Central Florida

James Hone

James Hone

Director, Columbia University in the City of New York

Dorothy Pak

Dorothy Pak

Education Director, University of California, Santa Barbara

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Associate Professor, Tennessee State University

Evgeny Tsymbal

Evgeny Tsymbal

George Holmes University Distinguished Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Nadya Mason

Nadya Mason

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lamartine Meda

Lamartine Meda

Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana

Mohammad Islam

Mohammad Islam

Carnegie Mellon University

Nicholas Pinto

Nicholas Pinto

Professor, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

Mohsen Eshraghi

Mohsen Eshraghi

Robert B. Moore

Robert B. Moore

Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Boris Kiefer

Boris Kiefer

Professor, New Mexico State University