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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

Kenneth Knappenberger

Kenneth Knappenberger

Professor , Pennsylvania State University University Park

Jerald  Dumas

Jerald Dumas

Associate Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Kim Lewis

Kim Lewis

Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences and Professor of Physics, Howard University

He Dong

He Dong

Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Michael Sailor

Michael Sailor

Professor, University of California San Diego

Raul Castaneda

Raul Castaneda

Research Associate, New Mexico Highlands University

John Asbury

John Asbury

Professor of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Harley Johnson

Harley Johnson

Ram Seshadri

Ram Seshadri

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Ishrat Khan

Ishrat Khan

Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Javier Read de Alaniz

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Juhyun Lee

Juhyun Lee

Vibha Bansal

Vibha Bansal

Professor and Researcher, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Krishnan Rajeshwar

Krishnan Rajeshwar

Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown

Department Chair, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Gang Lu

Gang Lu

Associate Professor, California State University, Northridge

Christopher Ellison

Christopher Ellison

Faculty, Professor, University of Minnesota

Parag Banerjee

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Eileen Sheu

Eileen Sheu

Outreach Director , The University of Chicago

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

Director/Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Edward Yu

Edward Yu

Professor, Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Alan T. Johnson

Alan T. Johnson

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

Jennifer Irvin

Jennifer Irvin

Dean, University of Houston - Clear Lake

Lisandro Cunci

Lisandro Cunci

Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

Jennifer Lewis

Jennifer Lewis

Area Chair, Bioengineering, Harvard University

Michael Sailor

Michael Sailor

Professor, University of California San Diego

Titel Jurca

Titel Jurca

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Fei Yan

Fei Yan

Arvind Agarwal

Arvind Agarwal

Distinguished University Professor , Florida International University

Xiao-Qian Wang

Xiao-Qian Wang