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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

Parag Banerjee

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Vijay K. Rangari

Vijay K. Rangari

Professor, Tuskegee University

Derrick Swinton

Derrick Swinton

Associate Dean, Kean University

Haeyeon Yang

Haeyeon Yang

Grambling State University

Stefan Zollner

Stefan Zollner

Department Head, New Mexico State University

Michael Scheibner

Michael Scheibner

Associate Professor, University of California Merced

Juan A. Santana

Juan A. Santana

Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey

Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy

Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, University of Illinois

Godwin Severa

Godwin Severa

Assistant Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Liju Yang

Liju Yang

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University

Raul Castaneda

Raul Castaneda

Research Associate, New Mexico Highlands University

Jorge J. Santiago-Avilés

Jorge J. Santiago-Avilés

Associate Professor Emeritus, The University of Pennsylvania

Daeyeon Lee

Daeyeon Lee

Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Thelma Castaneda

Thelma Castaneda

Parag Banerjee

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Vijay K. Rangari

Vijay K. Rangari

Professor, Tuskegee University

Derrick Swinton

Derrick Swinton

Associate Dean, Kean University

Haeyeon Yang

Haeyeon Yang

Grambling State University

Stefan Zollner

Stefan Zollner

Department Head, New Mexico State University

Michael Scheibner

Michael Scheibner

Associate Professor, University of California Merced

Juan A. Santana

Juan A. Santana

Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey

Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy

Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, University of Illinois

Godwin Severa

Godwin Severa

Assistant Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Liju Yang

Liju Yang

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Thiagarajan Soundappan

Thiagarajan Soundappan

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Navajo Technical University

Raul Castaneda

Raul Castaneda

Research Associate, New Mexico Highlands University

Jorge J. Santiago-Avilés

Jorge J. Santiago-Avilés

Associate Professor Emeritus, The University of Pennsylvania

Daeyeon Lee

Daeyeon Lee

Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Thelma Castaneda

Thelma Castaneda