Theodore Goodson

Theodore Goodson III received his B.A. in Liberal Arts from Wabash College in 1991 and his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1996. He was a postdoctoral assistant at the University of Chicago and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford in physics. He is the Richard Barry Bernstein Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Applied Physics and Engineering.

Dr. Goodson’s research centers on investigating ultrafast, nonlinear optical, and quantum optical properties in organic multichromophore and metal cluster systems for optical and electronic applications in the condensed phase. His work has included contributions to the understanding of ultrafast exciton migration in organic dendrimers and novel molecular aggregates; correlations between ultrafast dynamics in organic polymers and photovoltaic performance; the nature of ultrafast electronic processes in small ("magic number") metal clusters; ultrafast two-photon effects for determining DNA–drug binding modes; ultrafast nonlinear optical detection of remote improvised explosive devices (IEDs); ultrafast processes involved in amyloid aggregation; the interaction of organic molecules with nonclassical (entangled) light; and the quantum optical response of biological macromolecules. His research has been translated into technologies in the areas of two-photon organic materials for eye and sensor protection; large dielectric and energy storage effects in organic macromolecular materials; the remote detection of energetic (explosive) devices using nonlinear optical methods; quantum optical communications and remote chemical sensing; and tissue imaging and photodynamic therapy using small metal clusters.

Presentation title: Investigations of quantum imaging in biological systems