Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Wisconsin–madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is a 29-PI network with 46 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (21% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science as the leading topic (5% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are George W. Huber (21.6 weighted works; Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion); Ví­ctor M. Zavala (18.8 weighted works; Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Topological and Geometric Data Analysis). The clearest collaboration lines are Eric V. Shusta and Sean P. Palecek (11 shared works, weight 4.7); George W. Huber and Styliani Avraamidou (7 shared works, weight 3.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 13.8, around Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Control and Systems Engineering, led by George W. Huber, Manos Mavrikakis, Reid C. Van Lehn.