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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

Joseph Brown

Department Chair, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Dean, Tuskegee University

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Ania Bleszynski Jayich

Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gil Gallegos

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Seth Fraden

Professor, Brandeis University

Chris Leighton

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota System

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Xiaodong Xu

Boeing Professor of Physics, University of Washington

Mark Hersam

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Jennifer Lewis

Area Chair, Bioengineering, Harvard University

Jennifer Lindline

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Tania Betancourt

Professor, Texas State University

Jay Gupta

Professor, The Ohio State University

Joseph Brown

Department Chair, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Dean, Tuskegee University

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Ania Bleszynski Jayich

Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gil Gallegos

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Seth Fraden

Professor, Brandeis University

Chris Leighton

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota System

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Xiaodong Xu

Boeing Professor of Physics, University of Washington

Mark Hersam

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Jennifer Lewis

Area Chair, Bioengineering, Harvard University

Jennifer Lindline

Professor, New Mexico Highlands University

Tania Betancourt

Professor, Texas State University

Jay Gupta

Professor, The Ohio State University

Christopher Rhodes

Professor, Texas State University

Yoichi Miyahara

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Chris Leighton

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota System

Sanket Deshmukh

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

Lena F. Kourkoutis

Long-Qing Chen

Evan Pugh University Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Shaik Jeelani

Professor, Tuskegee University

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Joan M Redwing

Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Liju Yang

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Colin Nuckolls

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

Timothy Lodge

Faculty, Regents Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Zhiqiang Mao

Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Andre Mkhoyan

Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Christopher Rhodes

Professor, Texas State University

Yoichi Miyahara

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Chris Leighton

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota System

Sanket Deshmukh

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

Lena F. Kourkoutis

Long-Qing Chen

Evan Pugh University Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Shaik Jeelani

Professor, Tuskegee University

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Joan M Redwing

Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Liju Yang

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Colin Nuckolls

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

Timothy Lodge

Faculty, Regents Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Zhiqiang Mao

Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Andre Mkhoyan

Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities