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Theodore G. Goodson III
Born (1969-04-05) April 5, 1969 (age 55)
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Wabash College
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
University of Chicago
University of Oxford
ThesisSecond and third order nonlinear optical properties of organic polymeric materials (1996)
WebsiteGoodson Group

Theodore Goodson III (born April 5, 1969) is an American chemist who is the Richard Barry Bernstein Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. Goodson studies the non-linear optical properties of novel organic materials. He was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012 and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2021.

Early life and education

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Goodson was an undergraduate student at Wabash College, a liberal arts college in Indiana.[1][2] He moved to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for graduate studies, where he majored in chemistry. His research considered the non-linear optical properties of organic polymers.[3] He worked in both the University of Chicago and University of Oxford as a postdoctoral scholar.[4]

Research and career

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In 1998, Goodson joined the faculty at Wayne State University.[citation needed] He moved to the University of Michigan as a professor of chemistry in 2004. He demonstrated that ultrafast laser spectroscopy could be used to better understand materials for solar energy.[5][6] In particular, he was building highly branched macromolecules. Whilst studying these macromolecules, Goodson and his co-worker Guo noticed that a hyperbranched phthalocyanine compound exhibited large and delocalized polarization.[7] When voltages were applied to these phthalocyanines, charge carriers hopped around the structure. These phthalocyanines had high dielectric constants, which indicated that they would be better suited as the dielectric medium inside capacitors.[citation needed] In 2010, he became chief science officer for Wolverine Energy Solutions & Technology. The spin-out company makes use of organic energy storage materials to make capacitors.[5]

Starting in 2006, Goodson published research on entangled two-photon absorption (E2PA).[8] The 2006 paper reported that entangled photons produced through spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) possessed a 1031 times higher excitation rate as compared to the corresponding classical TPA process in a dendrimer material. A subsequent publication reported 10 orders of magnitude enhancement in a variety of small molecules.[9] In addition to these two reports, Goodson has published over 15 letters/articles (not including reviews) claiming to measure and utilize E2PA.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] These reports have been disputed by academics.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

Awards and honors

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Selected publications

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  • Sung Hei Yau; Oleg Varnavski; Theodore Goodson (7 May 2013). "An ultrafast look at Au nanoclusters". Accounts of Chemical Research. 46 (7): 1506–1516. doi:10.1021/AR300280W. ISSN 0001-4842. PMID 23651457. Wikidata Q34708859.
  • Ajit Bhaskar; Ramakrishna Guda; Michael M. Haley; Goodson (November 2006). "Building Symmetric Two-Dimensional Two-Photon Materials". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128 (43): 13972–13973. doi:10.1021/JA062709X. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 17061848. Wikidata Q29544237.
  • Oleg Varnavski; Neranga Abeyasinghe; Juan Aragó; et al. (1 April 2015). "High Yield Ultrafast Intramolecular Singlet Exciton Fission in a Quinoidal Bithiophene". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 6 (8): 1375–1384. doi:10.1021/ACS.JPCLETT.5B00198. ISSN 1948-7185. PMID 26263138. Wikidata Q51813453.

Personal life

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Goodson is married to physician Stephanie Goodson.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Theodore Goodson III – Macromolecular Science & Engineering Program". macro.engin.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. ^ JACS in Conversation with Dr. Theodore Goodson III, retrieved 2021-06-25
  3. ^ Goodson, Theodore G (1996). Second and third order nonlinear optical properties of organic polymeric materials (Thesis). OCLC 35333740.
  4. ^ "Goodson III, Theodore". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. ^ a b c "Surprising findings and coworkers' enthusiasm led to materials start-up". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  6. ^ "Professor Theodore Goodson III | Department of Chemistry | College of Science and Engineering". cse.umn.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  7. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1306815 - Optical Excitations of Organic Macromolecular Aggregates". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  8. ^ Goodson (2006). "Enhanced Two-Photon Excitation of Fluorescent Molecules with Entangled Photons". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110 (12): 1509–1518. doi:10.1021/jp066767g.
  9. ^ Goodson (2013). "Entangled Two-Photon Absorption: Experimental Demonstration with Small Organic Molecules". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 4 (12): 1970–1975. doi:10.1021/jz400851d.
  10. ^ "Nonlinear Spectroscopic Properties of Organic Dendrimers". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118 (5): 1219–1228. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c03225.
  11. ^ "Two-Photon Absorption in Organic Materials". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120 (36): 19709–19715. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05907.
  12. ^ "Quantum Optical Effects in Two-Photon Excitation". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118 (34): 19848–19853. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01747.
  13. ^ "Entangled Photon Absorption in Small Molecules". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126 (7): 3715–3720. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07082. PMC 10875663.
  14. ^ "Enhanced Nonlinear Absorption in Nanostructures". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (12): 6725–6730. doi:10.1073/pnas.2307719120. PMC 10466183.
  15. ^ "Photonic Quantum Effects in Molecular Absorption". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124 (8): 4300–4308. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08455.
  16. ^ "Entangled Photon Absorption by Small Molecules". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124 (12): 5400–5406. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00830.
  17. ^ "Nonlinear Optics with Entangled Photons". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13 (4): 1370–1377. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00695.
  18. ^ "Entangled Photon Spectroscopy in Organic Systems". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144 (8): 3448–3456. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c09728.
  19. ^ "High-Sensitivity Measurements of Two-Photon Absorption". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (3): 1105–1112. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c01153.
  20. ^ "Quantum Optical Techniques in Two-Photon Absorption". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (8): 2408–2415. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02808.
  21. ^ "Enhancements in Molecular Two-Photon Absorption". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 47651. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47651-1. PMC 6683176.
  22. ^ "Entangled Two-Photon Excitation in Biological Molecules". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140 (15): 4850–4857. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b08515.
  23. ^ "Advanced Nonlinear Absorption with Quantum Light". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122 (15): 4050–4055. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06312.
  24. ^ "Entangled Photons in Nonlinear Spectroscopy". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122 (22): 5800–5808. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.8b07466.
  25. ^ "Quantum Light in Two-Photon Processes". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 7 (8): 1678–1684. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02378.
  26. ^ "Re-evaluating Entangled Two-Photon Absorption in Organic Molecules". Physical Review Applied. 15 (4): 044012. arXiv:2008.02664. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.044012.
  27. ^ "Limitations of Entangled Photon Spectroscopy". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13 (15): 4713–4718. arXiv:2111.05946. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03751.
  28. ^ "Critique of Entangled Two-Photon Absorption Claims". Physical Review Research. 3 (3): 033154. arXiv:2012.06736. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033154.
  29. ^ "Experimental Challenges in Entangled Photon Absorption". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14 (9): 2750–2755. arXiv:2202.11764. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00865.
  30. ^ "Investigating Fluorescent Amino Acids with Entangled Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence". Proceedings of SPIE. 12863: 1286306. doi:10.1117/12.3003307.
  31. ^ "Experimental Upper Bounds for Resonance-Enhanced Entangled Two-Photon Absorption in Organic Molecules". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160 (9): 094305. arXiv:2312.14382. doi:10.1063/5.0193311.
  32. ^ "Entangled Photon-Induced Absorption in Model Organic Systems: A Theoretical Reassessment". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126 (15): 2315–2321. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00720.
  33. ^ "Robert J. Holland Goodson".
  34. ^ "ACS Award Winners 2024".
  35. ^ "Hagler Fellow Theodore Goodson III". Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  36. ^ "Percy Julian Distinguished Lecture". www.nobcche.org. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  37. ^ "U-M leads nation with 19 AAAS fellows". University of Michigan News. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  38. ^ "Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards". Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  39. ^ "News Release| Lloyd Ferguson Distinguished Lecture Series; Cal State L.A." Cal State LA. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  40. ^ "2013-2014". www.sigmaxi.org. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  41. ^ "The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society". phys-acs.org. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  42. ^ "Dr. Theodore Goodson to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite" (PDF). AIMBE. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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