Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Chicago Department of Physics is a 72-PI network with 57 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (50% of slots across 56 PIs; 56 labels), Nuclear and High Energy Physics as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 28 PIs; 28 labels), and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories as the leading topic (5% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The top weighted PIs are D. D. Awschalom (25.6 weighted works; Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Quantum and electron transport phenomena). The strongest pairings are Marcela Carena and Carlos E. M. Wagner (14 shared works, weight 10.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 18.4, around Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering, led by Margaret L. Gardel, Vincenzo Vitelli, Heinrich M. Jaeger.