The Organic Optical Materials Group is located in Lakeland, FL at Florida Polytechnic University. The OOMG primarily focuses on research projects related to organic and biological optical materials. The work done at the OOMG is at the cross-roads of physics, chemistry, materials science, and sometimes a little biology. The group has traditionally supported undergraduate research across many disciplines in science and engineering. The main projects currently being persued are biolasing, photomechanical devices, and nonlinear optics.
November 4, 2025: Possible undergraduate research vacancies for summer 2025. Please contact Professor Dawson directly through email if you are interested in a position. Acceptance for an undergraduate research assistantship through the OOMG will be announced during the week of March 8-14, 2026
December 1, 2023: We are hiring a post-doctoral scholar for the biolaser project. If you are interested, then please send a Cover Letter and CV to Prof. Nathan Dawson at ndawson@floridapoly.edu
