Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Chemical Engineering is a 17-PI network with 8 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Materials Science as the leading field (27% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis as the leading topic (6% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The top weighted PIs are Nianqiang Wu (13.1 weighted works; Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Biosensors and Analytical Detection); Jessica D. Schiffman (10.5 weighted works; Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Membrane Separation Technologies). The strongest pairings are Wei Fan and Zhu Chen (3 shared works, weight 1.6). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 2.1, around Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, led by Jessica D. Schiffman, Sarah L. Perry, Peter J. Beltramo.