June 2026

EQuBS team led by Principal Investigator Prof. Mouzhe Xie has been awarded an NIH MIRA R35 (ESI) grant to advance quantum sensing technologies for biological and biomedical applications! 

June 2026

Rolando, Jia, and Mouzhe attended the inangural meeting of a new series of GRC on Magnetic Resonance and Quantum Information Science (GRC-MRQIS) in Manchester, NH from June 16-19, 2026. We presented our ongoing research and had stimulating discussions with many experts in the field. Rolando is a recipient of Archer Travel Award from ASU Departtment of Physics. Rolando and Jia additionally acknolwedge ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) for the Travel Grant support. 

May 2026

Ian and Mouzhe attended the American Society for Photobiology (ASP) Biennial Meeting “From Foundations to Frontiers in Photobiology”, 16-19 May, 2026 • Scottsdale, AZ. Mouzhe made a contributed talk on "Yellow fluorescent protein: the a protein qubit platform for future quantum technologies". Ian presented his ongoing research with a poster.   

April 2026

Noah and Taneesha, two undersgraduate research fellows from Barrett, the Honors College at ASU, presented their independent research at the inangural SMS Poster Symposium. Noah also successfully defended his Honors thesis earlier this month, setting forth on his graduate school journey at University of Winscosin–Madison this fall!

January 2026

We welcome David Boone and Ian Kriel to officially join the EQuBS lab and work on exciting qubit-based quantum biosensing projects!

November 2025

We hosted a lab tour for the student-lead, ASU-wide Quantum Club. In over two hours, a group of 10+ students explored our lab infrastructure in great depth, asked fantastic questions, and watched the acquisition of an ODMR spectrum using glowing diamonds in real time. These guests come from a diverse background -- engineering, biochemistry, statistics, and economics! Avneet was the lead organizer, and Rolando performed those cool live demos.

June 2025

Mou was invited by ASU Prep to share stories about NV qubit with a group of six K-12 educators at the QCamp, empowered by Sandia National Lab. Through these amazing individuals in quantum education, the knowledge, curiosity, and excitement can be disseminated to the future generations!  

June 2025

Joint with ASU professors Christian Arenz and Justin Earley, Mouzhe shared his insights and excitements about QISE on ASU News. Thanks Mikala Kass for writing up the nice story and David Rozul for shooting the pictures! 

The news article can be accessed via https://news.asu.edu/20250602-science-and-technology-your-crash-course-quantum-science

Feburary 2025

We are making progress in setting up one of the NV sensing platforms. The primary driving forces behind the instrumentation of this confocal system are physics Ph.D. student Rolando and three undergraduate researchers Avneet (ECE), Noah (physics), and Taneesha (MechE)! 

January 2025

We welcome Taneesha Kapadia, an undergraduate researcher from The ASU Barrett Honors College majoring Mechanical Engineering, to join the EQuBS lab working on the NV instrumentation and more!

December 2024

The EQuBS lab organized a 2-day bootcamp on December 11 and 12. We discussed very technical details about microscope instrumentation and qubit operation using a tutorial format in the mornings, and went inside the lab for hands-on demonstrations. 

During the hands-on sessions, we coupled a 520 nm solid-state diode laser into a single-mode fiber, and observed a clear filtering effect that the outcome beam profile was almost a perfect Gaussian. We also built an actual bright-field microscope using modular optics.

In addition to the scientific portion, we also had some group activities including a group lunch at Postino Annex and rock climbing experience at Bouldering Project - Tempe.  

August 2024

We welcome Jia Qi, an SMS Chemistry Ph.D. student, to join the EQuBS lab!

June 2024

Dr. AVULU Vinod Kumar started his postdoctoral training in the EQuBS lab. He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Hyderabad. Welcome, Vinod!

May 2024

We welcome Avneet, Bailey, and Noah, three undergraduate researchers from The ASU Barrett Honors College, to join the EQuBS lab and work towards their Honors theses!

March 2024

We welcome Rolando and Sam to join the EQuBS lab!

November 2023

Mouzhe joined the steering committee of the "Quantum Sensing and Metrology" division at the Quantum Collabroative. The Quantum Collaborative at ASU connects top scientific programs, initiatives, facilities, leading Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) talent, and prominent industry partners to advance the science and engineering of quantum information science, train the quantum workforce of tomorrow, and drive U.S. quantum economic advantage. The Quantum Collaborative is powered by the State of Arizona and our partners.