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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

Sanket Deshmukh

Sanket Deshmukh

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Mircea Chipara

Mircea Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus

Jeffrey Shield

Jeffrey Shield

Professor and Chair, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Colin Nuckolls

Colin Nuckolls

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

Juan A. Santana

Juan A. Santana

Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey

Ryan Behunin

Ryan Behunin

Associate Professor of Physics, Northern Arizona

Alexander Gray

Alexander Gray

Associate Professor, Temple University

Ye Cao

Ye Cao

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Horacio Vasquez

Horacio Vasquez

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Boris Kiefer

Boris Kiefer

Professor, New Mexico State University

Fudong Liu

Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Jeff Jessing

Jeff Jessing

Ting Cao

Ting Cao

University of Washington

Steven May

Steven May

Professor, Drexel University

Christopher Ellison

Christopher Ellison

Faculty, Professor, University of Minnesota

Sanket Deshmukh

Sanket Deshmukh

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Mircea Chipara

Mircea Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus

Jeffrey Shield

Jeffrey Shield

Professor and Chair, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Colin Nuckolls

Colin Nuckolls

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

Juan A. Santana

Juan A. Santana

Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey

Ryan Behunin

Ryan Behunin

Associate Professor of Physics, Northern Arizona

Alexander Gray

Alexander Gray

Associate Professor, Temple University

Ye Cao

Ye Cao

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

Horacio Vasquez

Horacio Vasquez

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Boris Kiefer

Boris Kiefer

Professor, New Mexico State University

Fudong Liu

Fudong Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Jeff Jessing

Jeff Jessing

Ting Cao

Ting Cao

University of Washington

Steven May

Steven May

Professor, Drexel University

Christopher Ellison

Christopher Ellison

Faculty, Professor, University of Minnesota