Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of California, Berkeley Department of Materials Science and Engineering is a 31-PI network with 50 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (35% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (24% of slots across 20 PIs; 20 labels), and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies as the leading topic (5% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 Gerbrand Ceder (23.1 weighted works; Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies). The clearest collaboration lines are Gerbrand Ceder and Kristin A. Persson (12 shared works, weight 5.7). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 29.4, around Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, led by Gerbrand Ceder, Kristin A. Persson, Jeffrey R. Long.