Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Duke University Department of Chemistry is a 68-PI network with 105 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (22% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms as the leading topic (3% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Ashutosh Chilkoti (71 weighted works; Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery); Tuan Vo‐Dinh (69.6 weighted works; Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Biosensors and Analytical Detection). The clearest collaboration lines are Benjamin J. Wiley and Myung Jun Kim (22 shared works, weight 16.6); Warren S. Warren and Martin C. Fischer (28 shared works, weight 15.4). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 51.6, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, led by Ehsan Samei, Aaron D. Franklin, David N. Beratan; group 2 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 25.2, around Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, led by Emily R. Derbyshire, Katherine J. Franz, Bruce R. Donald.