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University of Southern California Department of Chemistry in 2015-2026 reads as a 83-PI network with 167 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (18% of slots across 32 PIs; 32 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 26 PIs; 26 labels), and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms as the leading topic (3% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 23 PIs across distinct clusters. The leading PI names are Oleg V. Prezhdo (127.9 weighted works; Perovskite Materials and Applications, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films). The most visible ties are Ralf Haiges and Karl O. Christe (48 shared works, weight 30.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 37.4, around Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrochemistry, led by Stephen B. Cronin, Jahan M. Dawlaty, Han Wang; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 83.6, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, led by Mark E. Thompson, Ralf Haiges, Smaranda C. Marinescu.