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The 2024-2026 picture for University of Southern California Department of Chemistry is a 40-PI network with 31 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (20% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Advancements in Battery Materials as the leading topic (3% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Oleg V. Prezhdo (26.3 weighted works; Perovskite Materials and Applications, Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties). The strongest pairings are Jahan M. Dawlaty and Sean W. Parsons (6 shared works, weight 4.7); Mark E. Thompson and Peter I. Djurovich (11 shared works, weight 4.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 13.6, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, led by Oleg V. Prezhdo, Richard L. Brutchey, Michael S. Inkpen; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 3.5, around Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Physiology, led by Yong Zhang, Travis J. Williams, Remo Rohs.