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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 Williams

Michael Williams

Director/Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Sonya T. Smith

Sonya T. Smith

Executive Director, Howard University

Joel Brock

Joel Brock

Given Professor of Engineering, Cornell University

Mark Licurse

Mark Licurse

Director of Education and Outreach, University of Pennsylvania

Asem Abdulahad

Asem Abdulahad

Assistant Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson

Professor, California State University Long Beach

Aida Ebrahimi

Aida Ebrahimi

Assistant Professor, Penn State

Jerald  Dumas

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University

Benjamin Boesl

Benjamin Boesl

Associate Professor | Associate Chairperson, Florida International University

Andrew McGhie

Andrew McGhie

Associate Director at The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania

Yuanxi Wang

Yuanxi Wang

Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

Fudong Liu

Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

Director/Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Sonya T. Smith

Sonya T. Smith

Executive Director, Howard University

Joel Brock

Joel Brock

Given Professor of Engineering, Cornell University

Mark Licurse

Mark Licurse

Director of Education and Outreach, University of Pennsylvania

Asem Abdulahad

Asem Abdulahad

Assistant Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson

Professor, California State University Long Beach

Aida Ebrahimi

Aida Ebrahimi

Assistant Professor, Penn State

Jerald  Dumas

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University

Benjamin Boesl

Benjamin Boesl

Associate Professor | Associate Chairperson, Florida International University

Andrew McGhie

Andrew McGhie

Associate Director at The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania

Yuanxi Wang

Yuanxi Wang

Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

Fudong Liu

Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University