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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

Dorothy Pak

Education Director, University of California, Santa Barbara

Mitk'El Santiago

Ezio Fasoli

Professor, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

Vijay K. Rangari

Professor, Tuskegee University

Alexander Gray

Professor, Temple University

Ashley Wallace

Associate Director of Diversity and Student Engagement, University of Pennsylvania

Michael Scheibner

Associate Professor, University of California Merced

Benjamin Boesl

Professor, Florida International University

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Ting Cao

University of Washington

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Yongan Tang

Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University

Yangyang Liu

Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles

Jay Gupta

Professor, The Ohio State University

Stuart Rowan

Barry L MacLean Professor, University of Chicago

Dorothy Pak

Education Director, University of California, Santa Barbara

Mitk'El Santiago

Ezio Fasoli

Professor, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

Vijay K. Rangari

Professor, Tuskegee University

Alexander Gray

Professor, Temple University

Ashley Wallace

Associate Director of Diversity and Student Engagement, University of Pennsylvania

Michael Scheibner

Associate Professor, University of California Merced

Benjamin Boesl

Professor, Florida International University

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Ting Cao

University of Washington

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Yongan Tang

Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University

Yangyang Liu

Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles

Jay Gupta

Professor, The Ohio State University

Stuart Rowan

Barry L MacLean Professor, University of Chicago

Jerzy Leszczynski

Professor And President’s Distinguished Fellow, Jackson State University

Benjamin Martin

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas State University San Marcos

Andre Mkhoyan

Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Jared Ashcroft

Pasadena City College

Paresh C. Ray

Professor, Jackson State University

Chris Leighton

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota System

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Evgeny Tsymbal

George Holmes University Distinguished Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Mark Hersam

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University

Andrew McGhie

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

Abiodun Fasoro

Associate Professor, Tennessee State University

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Sanket Deshmukh

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania

Jerzy Leszczynski

Professor And President’s Distinguished Fellow, Jackson State University

Benjamin Martin

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas State University San Marcos

Andre Mkhoyan

Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Jared Ashcroft

Pasadena City College

Paresh C. Ray

Professor, Jackson State University

Chris Leighton

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota System

Raymond Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Evgeny Tsymbal

George Holmes University Distinguished Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Mark Hersam

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University

Andrew McGhie

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

Abiodun Fasoro

Associate Professor, Tennessee State University

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayguez

Sanket Deshmukh

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

Eric Stach

Chair, University of Pennsylvania