Report summary

University of Southern California Department of Chemistry in 2018-2020 reads as a 46-PI network with 54 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Chemistry as the leading field (21% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 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 (43.2 weighted works; Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Perovskite Materials and Applications). The most visible ties are Ralf Haiges and Karl O. Christe (11 shared works, weight 4.7). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 16.7, around Molecular Biology, Oncology, Materials Chemistry, led by Richard L. Brutchey, Matthew R. Pratt, Travis J. Williams; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 21.6, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, led by G. K. Surya Prakash, Mark E. Thompson, Ralf Haiges.