Report summary

University of California, Berkeley Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2024-2026 reads as a 28-PI network with 15 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (23% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Jeffrey R. Long (16.3 weighted works; Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications); Kristin A. Persson (14.9 weighted works; Advancements in Battery Materials, Machine Learning in Materials Science). The strongest pairings are David V. Schaffer and Sanjay Kumar (3 shared works, weight 1.6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 10.2, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Cell Biology, led by Jeffrey R. Long, Kristin A. Persson, Shannon W. Boettcher.