Dr. Mou

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Quanbing Mou joined the Chemistry faculty at Rice University in 2024 and holds the Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Junior Faculty Chair. He earned his B.E. degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from Sichuan University and then enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His thesis work, supervised by Profs. Deyue Yan, Xinyuan Zhu , and Chuan Zhang , involved research on nucleoside analog-containing precise nanodrugs for cancer therapy. In 2018, he joined Prof. Yi Lu’s laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a postdoctoral researcher. There, he specialized in engineering functional nucleic acid-based biosensors for metal ion detection and developing in-situ biosensors to image metabolites and bioproducts in plants. In 2021, he moved to the University of Texas at Austin with Prof. Yi Lu, where he explored new research areas, including engineering CRISPR/Cas systems for biosensing and biomedical applications, developing a super-resolution imaging technique for metal ion detection in living systems, and creating innovative caging strategies for functional nucleic acid-based biosensing.

At Rice University, his group’s research interests span chemical biology, analytical chemistry, and bioengineering, with the aim of understanding nucleic acids in biological systems and promoting their applications in biosensing, as well as in disease detection and treatment.

Prof. Quanbing Mou
Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator
Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Junior Faculty Chair
Department of Chemistry
Rice University
6500 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
Office: BioScience Research Collaborative 317
Phone: (713) 348-8236
Email: quanbing.mou@rice.edu

Affiliations and Memberships:
Department of Chemistry
Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB)
Rice Synthesis X (SynthX)
Rice Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences (NIS)

Group Members

Postdoc Fellows

Di Gao

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ph.D., School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China, 2023

B.Sc., School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China, 2017
dg128@rice.edu

Hobbies include playing the harmonica, swimming, reading novels, and photographing life moments.

Jianhui Weng

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Nanjing University, 2024

B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Engineering Nanjing University of Science & Technology, 2018
jhweng123@163.com

Hobbies: In my daily life, I enjoy seeing movies and cycling.

Graduate students

Kyle Francis

Graduate Student

B.S Chemistry, California State University Channel Islands, California 2022

kf35@rice.edu

Hobbies include reading, weight resistance training, learning!

Bella Chavez

Graduate Student

B.S Physics, University of Texas Austin, Texas 2024

bc88@rice.edu

Some of my hobbies are driving around the hills or Austin while listening to music, making art and music, and being outdoors!

Undergraduate Students

Benjamin Joshua Johnson

Undergraduate Student

Freshmen at Rice University pursuing a B.S. in Biosciences with a concentration in
Molecular/Cellular Biology and Genomics

bj31@rice.edu

Hobbies include reading, writing, playing chess, sudoku, and tennis.

Aditi Srinivasan

Undergraduate Student

Sophomore at Rice University pursuing a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a minor in Biochemistry and Cell Biology

as371@rice.edu

Hobbies include reading, travelling, learning languages, watching anime, and crochet.

Jacob Murphy

Undergraduate Student

Pre-Med Freshman at Rice University pursing a B.S in Bioengineering (BSBE) and Minor in Engineering Design

jm306@rice.edu

Hobbies: Pickleball, Tennis, Hanging out with friends, and Research 🙂

Paris Yuan

Undergraduate Student

Freshman at Rice University, pursuing a B.S. in Biosciences, with a concentration in molecular/cellular biology and genetics, minoring in Medical Humanities and Data Science

py18@rice.edu

Hobbies include reading nonfictions, cycling, hiking and discovering indie music