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Stanford University Department of Chemistry in 2022-2026 reads as a 47-PI network with 51 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (21% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 22 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Richard N. Zare (62.6 weighted works; Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science). The strongest pairings are W. E. Moerner and William Benjamin Carpenter (8 shared works, weight 6.7). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 19.1, around Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, led by Todd J. Martı́nez, Steven G. Boxer, Yan Xia; group 2 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 13.1, around Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, led by Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Bianxiao Cui, Jianghong Rao.