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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

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

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

Our members conduct interdisciplinary research and develop new knowledge and technologies that impact the fields of biomedicine, energy, nanotechnology, electronics, and sustainability.

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Norfolk State University

MRS Fall PREM Scholars Program

Norfolk State University

Building a sample platform for live cell imaging

Norfolk State University

Building Student Pathways to STEM

Norfolk State University

Collaborative materials characterization

University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Fifth Crystallization Competition

Our Community

Meet the talented researchers and educators driving innovation in materials science

Kevin Riley

Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana,

Ramana Chintalapalle

Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

Noel Giebink

Professor, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Michael Williams

Director/Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Haeyeon Yang

Grambling State University

Jenora Waterman

Director, North Carolina A&T State University

M. Jasim Uddin

Professor & Head, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Maren Roman

Professor, Virginia Tech

Travis Hu

Associate Professor, California State University Los Angeles

Nelly Mateeva

Professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Blake Johnson

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cherese Winstead

Associate Professor, Chair, Delaware State University

Andrew McGhie

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

Marvin Wu

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Kevin Riley

Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana,

Ramana Chintalapalle

Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

Noel Giebink

Professor, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Michael Williams

Director/Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Haeyeon Yang

Grambling State University

Jenora Waterman

Director, North Carolina A&T State University

M. Jasim Uddin

Professor & Head, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Maren Roman

Professor, Virginia Tech

Travis Hu

Associate Professor, California State University Los Angeles

Nelly Mateeva

Professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Blake Johnson

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cherese Winstead

Associate Professor, Chair, Delaware State University

Andrew McGhie

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

Marvin Wu

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Ram Seshadri

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Tigran Shahbazyan

Professor, Jackson State University

Gil Gallegos

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Saiful Khondaker

Professor, University of Central Florida

Valerie Welborn

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Thelma Castaneda

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Samrat Dutta

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana

Kevin Edgar

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Arvind Agarwal

Professor and Chair, Virginia Commonwealth University

Micahel Chini

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Sonya T. Smith

Executive Director, Howard University

Andre Schleife

Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ram Seshadri

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Tigran Shahbazyan

Professor, Jackson State University

Gil Gallegos

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Saiful Khondaker

Professor, University of Central Florida

Valerie Welborn

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Thelma Castaneda

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Samrat Dutta

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana

Kevin Edgar

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Arvind Agarwal

Professor and Chair, Virginia Commonwealth University

Micahel Chini

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Sonya T. Smith

Executive Director, Howard University

Andre Schleife

Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign