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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

Sulin Zhang

Sulin Zhang

Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Kevin Edgar

Kevin Edgar

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Xinle Li

Xinle Li

Assistant Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Colin Nuckolls

Colin Nuckolls

Sheldon and Dorothy Buckler Professor of Material Science, Columbia University in the City of New York

Yuanxi Wang

Yuanxi Wang

Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

Kyung Suk Yum

Kyung Suk Yum

Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

Jennifer Irvin

Jennifer Irvin

Dean, University of Houston - Clear Lake

Kim Lewis

Kim Lewis

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

Kytai Nguyen

Kytai Nguyen

Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Dhananjay Kumar

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Lilo Pozzo

Lilo Pozzo

Adjunct Professor, University of Washington

Ramana Chintalapalle

Ramana Chintalapalle

Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

Benjamin Martin

Benjamin Martin

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas State University San Marcos

Stuart Rowan

Stuart Rowan

Barry L MacLean Professor, University of Chicago

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Przemyslaw Dera

Przemyslaw Dera

Sarah Schreiner

Sarah Schreiner

University of Colorado

Hebin Li

Hebin Li

Professor, University of Miami

Andrew McGhie

Andrew McGhie

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

Lei Qian

Lei Qian

Associate Professor, Meharry Medical College

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson

Professor, California State University Long Beach

AnneLynn GILLIAN-DANIEL

AnneLynn GILLIAN-DANIEL

Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Keerthisinghe Senevirathne

Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University

Dorothy Pak

Dorothy Pak

Education Director, University of California, Santa Barbara

Dorina Chipara

Dorina Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edward Yu

Edward Yu

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

Kenneth Knappenberger

Kenneth Knappenberger

Professor, Pennsylvania State University University Park

Jeff Jessing

Jeff Jessing

Associate Professor, Fort Lewis College

Conrad W. Ingram

Conrad W. Ingram

Clark Atlanta University

Ali Yazdani

Ali Yazdani

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University