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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

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

University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Cross-Cultural Connections: An RET Site Program with UPRM and UW

Our Community

Meet the talented researchers and educators driving innovation in materials science

Yomaira Pagán-Torres

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Karen Martirosyan

Professor and Director Advanced Nanoscience Lab, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Maren Roman

Professor, Virginia Tech

Vibha Bansal

Professor and Researcher, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Adri van Duin

CTO, RxFF_Consulting.LLC

Alan T. Johnson

Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

Travis Hu

Associate Professor, California State University Los Angeles

Phil Engen

Education & Outreach Director, University of Minnesota

Yongan Tang

Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University

Samrat Dutta

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana

Ali Yazdani

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University

Virginia Lorenz

Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mohammad Islam

Carnegie Mellon University

William Brittain

Professor and Chair, Texas State University San Marcos

Richard Mu

Tennessee State University

Yomaira Pagán-Torres

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Karen Martirosyan

Professor and Director Advanced Nanoscience Lab, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Maren Roman

Professor, Virginia Tech

Vibha Bansal

Professor and Researcher, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Adri van Duin

CTO, RxFF_Consulting.LLC

Alan T. Johnson

Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

Travis Hu

Associate Professor, California State University Los Angeles

Phil Engen

Education & Outreach Director, University of Minnesota

Yongan Tang

Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University

Samrat Dutta

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana

Ali Yazdani

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University

Virginia Lorenz

Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mohammad Islam

Carnegie Mellon University

William Brittain

Professor and Chair, Texas State University San Marcos

Richard Mu

Tennessee State University

Juhyun Lee

He Dong

Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Ubaldo Cordova

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Yaowu Hao

University of Texas at Arlington

Andrew McGhie

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

Xiao-Qian Wang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Tania Betancourt

Professor, Texas State University

Lisa Neshyba

Xiaoqing Pan

Professor, University of California Irvine

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Ronald Redwing

Associate Teaching Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Andre Mkhoyan

Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Titel Jurca

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Ramon Lopez

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Juhyun Lee

He Dong

Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Ubaldo Cordova

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Yaowu Hao

University of Texas at Arlington

Andrew McGhie

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

Xiao-Qian Wang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Tania Betancourt

Professor, Texas State University

Lisa Neshyba

Xiaoqing Pan

Professor, University of California Irvine

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Ronald Redwing

Associate Teaching Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Andre Mkhoyan

Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Titel Jurca

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Ramon Lopez

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington