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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

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Catherine Armwood-Gordon

Dean, Tuskegee University

Mitk'El Santiago

Mitk'El Santiago

Boris Kiefer

Boris Kiefer

Professor, New Mexico State University

Benjamin Martin

Benjamin Martin

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas State University San Marcos

Branislav Vlahovic

Branislav Vlahovic

Professor, North Carolina Central University

Ezio Fasoli

Ezio Fasoli

Professor, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

Rolando Oyola

Rolando Oyola

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Humacao

Ania Bleszynski Jayich

Ania Bleszynski Jayich

Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

Natarajan Ravi

Natarajan Ravi

Professor, Spelman College

Abraham Nitzan

Abraham Nitzan

Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Maren Roman

Maren Roman

Professor, Virginia Tech

Shaik Jeelani

Shaik Jeelani

Professor, Tuskegee University

Preston Moore

Preston Moore

Professor, Saint Joseph's University

Naidu Seetala

Naidu Seetala

Professor, Grambling State University

Godwin Severa

Godwin Severa

Assistant Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Qilin Dai

Qilin Dai

Professor, Jackson State University

Thelma Castaneda

Thelma Castaneda

Igor Vasiliev

Igor Vasiliev

Professor, New Mexico State University

Aida Ebrahimi

Aida Ebrahimi

Assistant Professor, Penn State

Margaret Murnane

Margaret Murnane

University of Colorado Boulder

Michael Sailor

Michael Sailor

Professor, University of California San Diego

Ines Montano

Ines Montano

Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University

M. Jasim Uddin

M. Jasim Uddin

Professor & Head, Bangladesh Agricultural University

DANIELA R. RADU

DANIELA R. RADU

Professor, Florida International University

Raymond Schaak

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Seong Jin Koh

Seong Jin Koh

Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Ufana Riaz

Ufana Riaz

assistant professor, North Carolina Central University

Ram Seshadri

Ram Seshadri

Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

Idalia Ramos

Idalia Ramos

Professor, University of Puerto Rico in Humacao