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The 2024-2026 picture for Stanford University Department of Chemical Engineering is a 24-PI network with 16 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (22% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are William A. Tarpeh (23.8 weighted works; Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques); Zhenan Bao (22 weighted works; Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies). The clearest collaboration lines are Zhenan Bao and Lukas Michalek (8 shared works, weight 4.4); Joseph M. DeSimone and Max A. Saccone (7 shared works, weight 3.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 17.7, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, led by William A. Tarpeh, Zhenan Bao, Thomas F. Jaramillo.