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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

Andrew McGhie

Andrew McGhie

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

Christopher Ellison

Christopher Ellison

Faculty, Professor, University of Minnesota

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Tania Betancourt

Tania Betancourt

Professor, Texas State University

Fudong Liu

Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Tennessee State University

Jerald  Dumas

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Shaik Jeelani

Shaik Jeelani

Professor, Tuskegee University

Javier Read de Alaniz

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Ryan Blair

Ryan Blair

Professor, California State University, Long Beach

Francisco Bezares

Francisco Bezares

Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Saiful Khondaker

Saiful Khondaker

Professor, University of Central Florida

Jiun-Haw Chu

Jiun-Haw Chu

Associate Professor, University of Washington

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University

Andrew McGhie

Andrew McGhie

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

Christopher Ellison

Christopher Ellison

Faculty, Professor, University of Minnesota

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Associate Professor , University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Tania Betancourt

Tania Betancourt

Professor, Texas State University

Fudong Liu

Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Ranganathan Parthasarathy

Tennessee State University

Jerald  Dumas

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Shaik Jeelani

Shaik Jeelani

Professor, Tuskegee University

Javier Read de Alaniz

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Ryan Blair

Ryan Blair

Professor, California State University, Long Beach

Francisco Bezares

Francisco Bezares

Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Saiful Khondaker

Saiful Khondaker

Professor, University of Central Florida

Jiun-Haw Chu

Jiun-Haw Chu

Associate Professor, University of Washington

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University