Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Colorado Boulder Department of Physics is a 119-PI network with 163 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (45% of slots across 94 PIs; 94 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (25% of slots across 64 PIs; 64 labels), and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies as the leading topic (4% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Ivan I. Smalyukh (56.9 weighted works; Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Advanced Materials and Mechanics). The strongest pairings are Margaret M. Murnane and Henry C. Kapteyn (90 shared works, weight 31.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 45, around Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, led by Rahul Nandkishore, Leo Radzihovsky, Chao Yin.