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Judith Su

@judithsu.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, The University of Arizona; wp.optics.arizona.edu/jsu

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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our lab's first quantum photonics preprint is out! We present an electrically tunable silica microtoroid that preserves polarization entanglement while enabling frequency-bin encoding. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2607.03437
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Design of an Electrically Tunable Microtoroid for Frequency Selection of Polarization-Entangled Photons
Encoding quantum information into discrete optical frequencies, or "frequency bins," uses different colors of light as additional information channels, allowing each photon to carry more information t...
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Noninvasive glucose sensing has been called the "holy grail" of wearables. I was happy to contribute some perspective to this Gizmodo article on the fundamental signal-to-noise challenges that make it such a difficult problem. gizmodo.com/why-noninvas...
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Why Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring Is Still the Holy Grail of Wearables
Glucose is an incredibly annoying bodily component to work with.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Honored to receive the Excellence in Applied Research and Engineering Award as part of the University of Arizona Convergence Awards. The Convergence Awards represent one of the university’s highest recognitions for interdisciplinary research and impact. research.arizona.edu/convergence-...
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Convergence Awards
Through these awards, we recognize and elevate the people whose contributions strengthen our institutional excellence and advance the university’s role as a driver of discovery and meaningful change.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“Accelerating GPCR drug discovery through computation and experiment integrated with direct detection of ligand binding events” www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Accelerating GPCR drug discovery through computation and experiment integrated with direct detection of ligand binding events - npj Drug Discovery
npj Drug Discovery - Accelerating GPCR drug discovery through computation and experiment integrated with direct detection of ligand binding events
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Honored to be invited to speak at MSC² 2026 @caltech.edu this weekend, celebrating William A. Goddard III’s 89th birthday.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New in Laser & Photonics Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Free-space–coupled, frequency-locked WGM microtoroids for gas sensing. 25 ppt detection (2-CEES) 10⁷ Q preserved after polymer coating 3 orders of magnitude improvement No fiber tapers. Real-world comptabile.
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Free‐Space‐Coupled Frequency‐Locked Microtoroid Resonators With Reactive Polymer Functionalization for Part‐Per‐Trillion Gas Detection
A robust free-space-coupled FLOWER platform is demonstrated for label-free, part-per-trillion gas sensing. By integrating frequency-locked microtoroid resonators with selective polymer functionalizat...
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Beginning today, I am serving as Topical Editor of Optics Letters, with topical areas in optical resonators, biophotonics, and optical sensing.
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Optics & Photonics News @optica-opn.org · 27/12/2025
Highlighted in OPN's #OpticsIn2025: An imaging platform that combines photothermal #microscopy with an ultra-high-Q whispering gallery mode microtoroid resonator to achieve extreme sensitivity and high spatial resolution. bit.ly/45grqZM 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Happy to share that our team has been awarded U.S. Patent 12,474,272 for a lipid-bilayer functionalized optical resonator biosensor platform that enables ultrasensitive biomolecule detection. ppubs.uspto.gov/api/pdf/down...
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Optica @optica.org · 25/11/2025
Meet the new #OpticaFellows! The Optica Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 121 members from 23 countries have been elected as Fellows for their outstanding contributions and service to Optica and the community. Find the full class: bit.ly/4rgXHtn
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I am honored to have been elected as a Fellow of @optica.org I would like to express my gratitude for the support of my peers, my sponsors, and the diligent efforts of my talented group. www.optica.org/get_involved...
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Elected Fellows | Optica
Optica is the leading society in optics and photonics. Quality information and inspiring interactions through publications, meetings, and membership.
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Optics & Photonics News @optica-opn.org · 20/11/2025
OPN's December special issue is now live! 🥳 The issue includes the 30 optics and photonics studies selected for the 2025 Year in Optics and the 2025 photo contest winners! Check it out online 👉 bit.ly/486vL2j #light #quantum 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’m honored that our work on label-free optical mapping of single 5-nm quantum dots made the front cover of Optics & Photonics News’ year-end issue: www.optica-opn.org/home/article...
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Optics & Photonics News - December 2025
This special issue of Optics & Photonics News highlights exciting peer-reviewed optics research that has emerged over the past year.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I'm delighted to be giving another talk at Caltech on October 23. I look forward to sharing ideas and discussion of mutual research interests. www.caltech.edu/campus-life-...
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Applied Physics Seminar
Fast, Ultrasensitive, Label-Free Molecular Detection with FLOWER and Beyond
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I’m excited to give a talk at Caltech’s Chemical Physics Seminar on October 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM in Noyes 153! I’ll be discussing our recent and ongoing developments in label-free, ultra-sensitive optical sensing platforms using microtoroid resonators. cce.caltech.edu/news-and-eve...
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar
Fast, Ultrasensitive, Label-Free Molecular Detection with Light
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Honored that our work on label-free optical mapping of single 5-nm quantum dots using our photothermal-based FLOWER platform was selected for inclusion in Optics & Photonics News’ Year in Optics 2025 issue. Here is the link to the original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Single 5-nm quantum dot detection via microtoroid optical resonator photothermal microscopy - Light: Science & Applications
We demonstrate ultra-sensitive photothermal microscopy with whispering gallery mode microtoroid resonators, detecting single 5 nm quantum dots with SNR > 104 and achieving a minimum heat dissipation detection of 0.75 pW, which is below that from single dye molecules.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I’m excited to be visiting Caltech in October! I’ll be giving a seminar on Thursday, October 2 at 4 pm in Gates Annex B122. I look forward to meeting people there and furthering mutual research interests through discussion. www.caltech.edu/campus-life-...
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Informal Biochemistry Seminar
Fast, Ultrasensitive, Label-Free Molecular Detection with FLOWER
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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 04/09/2025
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 72 of ChemComm! "FLOWER: a frequency-locked optical whispering evanescent resonator for label-free molecular detection" by Yichi Zhang and @judithsu.bsky.social from @uarizona.bsky.social Read the full Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/Eu7rbah
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Thrilled to share that our team under the leadership of Prineha Narang (UCLA) has been selected as a Stage 1 Winner of the NIH Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge. Read the announcement here: www.challenge.gov?challenge=ni...
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Challenge.gov
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Glad to share our latest article which is part of Chem. Comm' 2025 Emerging Investigators collection. The article focuses on my past and current research and puts it in perspective. I appreciate all my lab members, collaborators, and sponsors who made this possible: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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FLOWER: A Frequency-Locked Optical Whispering Evanescent Resonator for Label-Free Molecular Detection
The ability to detect trace amounts of biomolecules, chemicals, and environmental contaminants is critical for advancing diagnostics, drug discovery, and public health. Most high-sensitivity detection...
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Glad to share our latest work entitled: Free-space-coupled, frequency-locked microtoroid sensor for part-per-trillion detection of mustard gas simulant. I appreciate our collaborators (Brian Stoltz and Euan McLeod) and talented associates. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Free-space-coupled, frequency-locked microtoroid sensor for part-per-trillion detection of mustard gas simulant
Sulfur mustard remains a serious chemical warfare threat, but its extreme toxicity complicates sensor development. As a chemically and physically similar simulant, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (2-CEES)...
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I'm glad to participate in this moderated panel discussion this morning at the @optica.org Sensing Congress: "Precision Versus Price-Point: Core Driver of the Sensing Domain" When: Thursday, 24 July 08:00 - 09:30 Where: International I, II, Hilton Long Beach
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It was an honor to present to Winnie Ye the Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award at @optica.org's 2025 Integrated Photonics Research conference (IPR) 2025 in Marseille. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement! #AdvancedPhotonicsCongress
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Happy to share my article in Optics & Photonics News: www.optica-opn.org/home/article... Thanks to Optica for the opportunity and to my amazing co-organizers (Prineha Narang and Bruce Hay) and colleagues!
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Frequency Combs for Chemistry, Biology and Medicine
Judith Su explains how optical frequency combs can provide new insights into molecular diagnostics and disease mechanisms.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Next week, I'll be attending the Exposome Moonshot Forum (exposomemoonshot.org) in Washington, D.C. as a steering committee member, contributing to the development of the Human Exposome Project.
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Exposome Moonshot Forum
Toward whole human health
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Glad to share our latest paper on optical biosensors for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases: www.nature.com/articles/s44... @natureportfolio.nature.com @uazbio5.bsky.social
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Optical biosensors for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases - npj Biosensing
npj Biosensing - Optical biosensors for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Getting ready for #CLEO2025 in Long Beach! I’m co-chairing the Biomedical Applications sub-committee, giving an invited talk in Environmental Sensing, and speaking at a panel on Smart Optics + AI/Quantum metrology. Excited to reconnect & catch the latest in photonics!
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University of Arizona BIO5 Institute @uazbio5.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
BIO5 member Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social builds ultra-sensitive optical sensors to detect disease at the molecular level. At Behind BIO5, she shared how a passion for microscopic worlds led to breakthroughs in early diagnosis and cross-disciplinary innovation. Read more: bio5.org/news/meet-sc...
Judith Su speaking into a microphone at the 'Meet the Scientists' event, with a quote about interdisciplinary collaboration on the background banner titled Behind BIO5.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Enjoyed the gathering and discussions on Chemical and Biological Defense at the 2025 Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, California, during our spring break.
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I am very excited about visiting Caltech on Sat. 03/29/2025 to speak at the Materials and Process Simulation Center Conference (www.caltech.edu/campus-life-...) in celebration of Bill Goddard's 88th birthday! Looking forward to connecting with fellow researchers and sharing our latest advances.
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Materials and Process Simulation Center Conference 2025 (MSC2 2025)
Materials and Process Simulatiom Center Conference 2025 (MSC2 2025)
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Glad that our latest paper has generated interest and has been selected to be featured on Nature Protocol's website. @natureportfolio.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social @spie.org @optica.bsky.social
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Happy to share our latest paper: "Frequency locked whispering evanescent resonator (FLOWER) for biochemical sensing applications" which is now available online in Nature Protocols. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social
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Frequency locked whispering evanescent resonator (FLOWER) for biochemical sensing applications - Nature Protocols
Microtoroid resonators, when paired with noise reduction via the frequency locked whispering evanescent resonator technique, can detect zeptomolar concentrations and single molecules. This protocol de...
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SPIE @spie.org · 07/01/2025
Congratulations to the 47 #SPIEMembers who were selected to become new Fellows of the Society! 🎉🎉 The 2025 #SPIE Fellows list is available on our website. Read more here: spie.org/news/spie-th...
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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, announces its 2025 Fellows
The Society is welcoming 47 new Fellow Members from across the globe
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Honored to have been elected as a Fellow of @spie.org. I would like to express my gratitude for the support of my peers, my sponsors, and the diligent efforts of my talented group. spie.org/news/spie-th...
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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, announces its 2025 Fellows
The Society is welcoming 47 new Fellow Members from across the globe
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Judith Su @judithsu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Happy to share our latest work: "Whispering gallery mode optical resonators for biological and chemical detection: current practices, future perspectives, and challenges" which is now available online in Reports on Progress in Physics. doi.org/10.1088/1361...
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Whispering gallery mode optical resonators for biological and chemical detection: current practices, future perspectives, and challenges - IOPscienceSearch
Whispering gallery mode optical resonators for biological and chemical detection: current practices, future perspectives, and challenges, Shuang Hao, Judith Su
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