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The 2024-2026 picture for University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry is a 20-PI network with 18 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Materials Science as the leading field (26% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques as the leading topic (3% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Samuel G. Awuah (11.7 weighted works; Metal complexes synthesis and properties, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis); Sean Parkin (11 weighted works; Metal complexes synthesis and properties, Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization). The clearest collaboration lines are Samuel G. Awuah and Sean Parkin (7 shared works, weight 3.4). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 16 internal connections, weight 16.3, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, led by Samuel G. Awuah, Sean Parkin, Kenneth R. Graham.