Chronicles

Chronicles of Spin and Light (Could be IR in the future)

After vibrating in between two mirrors, HM decided to spin around under the Florida sunshine.

2026 July

The month of July is extremely productive, Lautaro ended his visit with fruitful results on CHSH inequality, which we are looking forward to implementing in the near future. We also measured the first CW-ODMR spectrum with our home-built setup at room temperature on a sample that is neither NV center nor pentacene doped terphenyl!

2026 June

The visiting undergraduate student Lautaro Ferreira joined the lab. Lautaro will be working on theory

2026 May

The undergraduate student Kendall Proper joined the lab. The laser enclosure is finally built. The enclosure is completely built by our group member Shuangqing, Dhruv and Ryan over a few months. The process started with the design, purchase of 20/80, connecting over 100 pieces together and finally installing two HEPPA filters for dust control.

2026 March

Brendan Emm left the group. We wish him good luck.

2026 February

We fixed the nanosecond laser in the Maglab and set up the transient CW/Pulse EPR.

2026 January

Our laser and OPA from the Light Conversion is installed.

2025 December

Dr. Shuangqing Wang joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher. The glovebox and the solvent system are both fully functional with the help of him.

2025 November

Two graduate students Jenna O’Neal and Brendan Emm joined the group. The laser tables, glovebox and solvent system arrived, all graduate students and undergraduate students helped set them up.

2025 October

Three undergraduate students Ryan Magee, Jason Demetrius  and Dhruv Tyagi joined the group. Dhruv built three Schlenk lines for the group.

2025 August

The Mao Lab is founded. Lab address: 2001 Levy Ave (IRCB Second Floor), Tallahassee FL, 32310.