Theodore Goodson III
American chemist
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. He 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. As of 2025, he became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry.
Early life and education
Goodson completed his undergraduate studies at Wabash College, a liberal arts college in Indiana. 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. He worked in both the University of Chicago and University of Oxford as a postdoctoral scholar.
Research and career
In 1998, Goodson joined the faculty at Wayne State University. He moved to the University of Michigan as a professor of chemistry in 2004.
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