Weinstein invented DNA microscopy, in which a specimen's own transcripts participate in a distributed, self-organizing DNA reaction network that is later decoded by sequencing into a spatial map of gene expression, entirely without lenses or optics; he has since extended this to volumetric, whole-organism 3D spatial transcriptomics in intact zebrafish embryos. Where NV-ensemble sensors push magnetic-field spatial resolution optically (DEER/NMR/T1 at pT/sqrt(Hz)), Weinstein's technique achieves spatial resolution of molecular identity through a chemical/sequencing route instead, representing a fundamentally different route to super-resolved spatial biology.

Yan built the first quantum gas microscope for ultracold molecules and uses programmable tweezer arrays of fermionic atoms and dipolar molecules to realize custom quantum many-body Hamiltonians (Hubbard and spin models) with single-site resolution. This is primarily a quantum-simulation platform rather than a sensing one, so it is kept as an unpreferred/borderline entry; the same site-resolved tweezer/microscope toolkit underlies emerging proposals for distributed tweezer-array quantum sensors, which is the basis for inclusion.

Uses MBE thin-film growth combined with equilibrium and non-equilibrium ARPES to sense electronic structure at material interfaces. Directions: (1) non-equilibrium photoemission (tr-ARPES) to map ultrafast electron dynamics in topological and superconducting materials; (2) MBE engineering of interfacial superconductivity and topological orders at oxide and chalcogenide interfaces; (3) light-induced phase transitions probed by ultrafast ARPES as a sensing modality for correlated electron dynamics.

Develops rare-earth-ion-doped crystal platforms for quantum internet hardware. Directions: (1) Er3+-doped crystal quantum memories with >1 ms coherence time in nanophotonic waveguides; (2) microwave-to-optical quantum transduction using Er spins coupled to superconducting resonators; (3) photon-number-resolving detectors for quantum communication; (4) integrated rare-earth nanophotonic circuits on thin-film LiNbO3. Key goal: scalable room-temperature-compatible quantum repeater nodes.