The Goodson group

Welcome

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. -William Bragg Sr.

About Us

The Goodson group utilizes state of the art instruments in ultra- fast spectroscopy to study novel materials

Latest Paper

• J. Phy. Chem. A 2009

  Investigations of Energy Migration in an Organic Dendrimer ...

• J. Phy. Chem. C 2009

  Ultrafast Intersystem Crossing: Excited State Dynamics of ...

• J. Am. Chem 2009

  Thiophene Dendrimers as Entangled Photon Sensor Materials.

A quick introduction

Our Research group utilizes a number of spectroscopic techniques towards investigating the optical properties and applications of novel organic macromolecular materials. A major emphasis is placed on the new properties observed in organic macromolecules with branching repeat structures as well as organic macromolecules encapsulated with small metal particles. These materials have been suggested to be candidates for variety of applications involving light emitting devices, artificial light harvesting, strong optical limiters, enhanced nonlinear optical effects, quantum optical effects and as sensors in certain organic and biological devices.

About Dr. Theodore Goodson, III

Richard Bernstein Collegiate
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Postdoctoral, University of Chicago and University of Oxford

Awards

• Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award (NOBCCHE)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• Army Research Office Young Investigator Award
• Burroughs Welcome Fund Travel Award
• National Research Council Ford Fellowship, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
• American Chemical Society Minority Mentorship Award
• Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry
• Editorial Board, Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Council for Institutional Cooperation Fellow, 2008
• University faculty Recognition in Excellence Award
• Richard Barry Bernstein Collegiate Professorship of Chemistry