EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT

[EXHIBIT 10.3]
                       EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT

     THIS EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT made as of March 14, 2008, by and
between Lightwave Logic, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), whose principal place of business is at 2601 Annand
Dr., #16, Wilmington, Delaware 19808; and Terry Turpin
("Employee"), who resides at 9918 Evergreen Avenue, Columbia, MD
21046.

     WHEREAS, the Company is in the process of developing
commercial prototypes of its high-activity, high- stability
organic polymers for commercial applications in the existing and
future electro-optical device markets.

     WHEREAS, Employee is a renowned pioneer in the field of
optical computing.

     WHEREAS, the Company has engaged Employee as its Optical
Computing Guru to assist it in developing its commercial
prototypes and to secure the benefit of Employee's unprecedented
expertise in the optical computing field.

     WHEREAS, the Company wishes to procure the services of
Employee under the terms and conditions set forth and Employee
wishes to be employed on these terms and conditions.

     WHEREAS, the parties to this Employee Agreement wish to
enter into a written expression of their relationship as Employer
and Employee.

     THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained in
this Employee Agreement, the parties, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:

                            ARTICLE 1
                           Employment
                               
     1.1. Employment. The Company agrees to employ Employee, and
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Employee accepts employment with the Company, on and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Employee Agreement.

     1.2. Term.  Subject to the provisions for termination as
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provided in Article 9 of this Employee Agreement, the term of
this agreement (the "Term") shall begin on March 14, 2008 and
shall terminate 12 months thereafter.  This Employee Agreement
may be renewed by mutual written agreement.

                            ARTICLE 2
                             Duties

     2.1. Position and Duties. The Company agrees to employ
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Employee to act as its Optical Computing Guru. The Employee shall
be responsible for performing the duties as described on Appendix A
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attached hereto and made a part hereof. Employee agrees that he
will serve the Company faithfully and to the best of his ability
during the term of employment, under the direction of the board
of directors and officers of the Company. The Company and Employee


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may jointly from time to time to change the nature of Employee's
duties and job title.

     2.2. Time Devoted to Work.  The Company agrees to employ
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Employee on an as needed basis. "As needed" will be determined by
mutual agreement of Company and Employee. Employee may engage in
other business activities unrelated to the Company during the
term of this Employee Agreement so long as such other business
activities do not interfere with the terms and conditions of this
Employee Agreement.

     2.3. Disclosure to the Company.    Employee agrees that he
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will disclose to Frederick Goetz, Jr., and to any other person or
persons as may be designated by the Company, full information
with respect to the processes, methods and formulae known to
Employee which are used or useful in connection with the business
of the Company and will instruct those persons in the operation,
use and practice of all such processes, methods and formulae.
Further, Employee agrees to hold in a fiduciary capacity for the
benefit of the Company and to disclose fully to the Company,
immediately upon origination or acquisition, any and all
inventions, discoveries, improvements, apparatus, processes,
compounds, formulae, patents, copyrights, and trademarks made,
discovered, developed or secured by him, solely or jointly with
others, or otherwise, during the term of his employment with the
Company, which may be directly or indirectly useful in, or relate
to the Company's electro-optical polymer technology. The Company
shall own all right, title and interest in and to such made,
discovered, developed or secured technology, as well as all
knowledge, designs, drawings, specifications, software,
instructions, coding and other similar materials.
    
     2.4. Notes and Records.  Employee agrees to keep complete,
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accurate and authentic accounts, notes, data and records of any
and all inventions, discoveries, improvements, apparatus,
processes, compounds, formulae, patents, copyrights and
trademarks made, discovered, developed or secured by him, solely
or jointly with others, or otherwise, during the term of his
employment by the Company and which may be directly or indirectly
useful in or relate to, the Company's electro-optical polymer
technology, which accounts, notes, data and records shall be the
property of the Company. Employee shall keep them in the manner
and form as reasonably requested by the Company during the term
of employment hereunder or as it later shall direct, and
surrender any and all of them promptly upon request of the
Company.  Employee shall be entitled to keep as his own personal
property all such accounts, notes, data and records which do not
pertain or relate to the Company's electro-optical polymer
technology, however, Employee agrees that in the event that any
such accounts, notes, data and records are commingled with the
abovementioned accounts, notes, data and records which pertain or
relate to the Company's electro-optical polymer technology, then
all such commingled accounts, notes, data and records, even those
which do not pertain or relate to the Company's electro-optical
polymer technology, shall be the property of the Company.
    
     2.5. Patent Application. Employee agrees, at the request,
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and at the expense, of the Company, to make application in due
form for United States letters patent and foreign letters patent on
the inventions, discoveries, improvements, apparatus, processes,
compounds and formulae which may be directly or indirectly useful
in or relate to the Company's electro-optical polymer technology
and to assign to the Company all right, title and interest in the
inventions, discoveries, improvements, apparatus, processes, compounds,
formulae, and patent applications therefor or patents thereon
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Company's electro-optical polymer technology, and to execute at any
and all times, any and all instruments and do any and all acts
necessary or which the Company may deem desirable in connection with
any such application for letters patent or in order to establish
and perfect in the Company the entire right, title and interest to
the inventions, discoveries, improvements, apparatus, processes,
compounds, formulae, patent applications or patents which may be
directly or indirectly useful in or relate to, the Company's
electro-optical polymer technology, and also to execute any
instruments necessary or which the Company may deem desirable in
connection with any continuations, renewals or reissues or in the
conduct of any proceedings or litigation.
    
                            ARTICLE 3
                       Place of Employment

     3.1. Place of Employment.   Employee shall perform his
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duties under this Employee Agreement at 9918 Evergreen Avenue,
Columbia, MD 21046.

                            ARTICLE 4
                    Compensation of Employee

     4.1.  Base Compensation.  For all services rendered by
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Employee under this Employee Agreement, the Company agrees to pay
Employee on a per diem basis at the rate of $400 per day, which
shall be payable to Employee not less frequently than monthly, or
as is consistent with the Company's practice for its other
employees.

     4.2. Other Compensation.  Prior to the date of this Employee
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Agreement, Employee received other compensation as more fully
described on Appendix B, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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     4.3.  Reimbursement for Business Expenses.  Subject to the
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approval of the Company, the Company shall promptly pay or
reimburse Employee for all reasonable business expenses incurred
by Employee in performing Employee's duties and obligations under
this Employee Agreement, but only if Employee properly accounts
for expenses in accordance with the Company's policies.

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                            ARTICLE 8
               Maintenance of Liability Insurance
                               
     So long as Employee shall serve as an executive officer of
the Company pursuant to this Employee Agreement, the Company
shall obtain and maintain in full force and effect a policy of
director's and officer's liability insurance in reasonable
amounts from an established and reputable insurer. In all policies
of such insurance, Employee shall be named as an insured in such
manner as to provide Employee the same rights and benefits as are
accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company's officers
or directors.

     Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall have no
obligation to obtain or maintain director's and officer's
liability insurance if the Company determines in good faith that
such insurance is not reasonably available, the premium costs for
such insurance are disproportionate to the amount of coverage
provided or the coverage provided by such insurance is so limited
by exclusions that there is insufficient benefit from such
insurance.

                            ARTICLE 9
                    Termination of Employment
                               
     9.1. Termination of Employment. Employee's employment
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hereunder shall automatically terminate upon (i) his death; (ii)
the expiration of the Term; or (iii) Employee voluntarily leaving
the employ of the Company.
    
     9.2. Termination For Employee's Failure to Meet Performance Standard.
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Employee's employment with the Company shall terminate, at the Company's
discretion, upon 15 days prior written notice to Employee if the Company
terminates his employment hereunder for "cause". For purposes hereof,
"cause" shall include (i) Employee's willful malfeasance, misfeasance,
nonfeasance or gross negligence, (ii) any willful misrepresentation or
concealment of a material fact made by Employee in connection with this
Employee Agreement; (iii) the willful breach of any covenant made by
Employee hereunder; or (iv) the failure of Employee to meet the
performance standards more fully described in Appendix A attached hereto
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and made a part hereof.
                                
                           ARTICLE 10
                    Confidential Information
                               
     10.1. Disclosures While Employed by the Company.
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Employee acknowledges that, in performing the duties required by
this Employee Agreement, Employee will be making use of,
acquiring and adding to the confidential and proprietary
information of the Company and/or those persons or entities
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under
direct or indirect common control with, the Company (each an
"Affiliate" and collectively, the "Affiliates"), which (i) is of
a special nature and value, (ii) is not public information or is
not generally known or available to the Company's and/or the
Affiliates' competitors, (iii) is known only by the Company
and/or the Affiliates and those of their respective employees,
independent contractors, consultants, suppliers, customers or
agents to whom such data and information must be confided in
order to apply it to the uses intended, and (iv) relates to
matters such as, but not limited to, the Company's and the
Affiliates' respective methods of operation, internal structure,


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financial affairs, programs, software, equipment and techniques,
existing and contemplated facilities, products and services, know-
how, inventions, systems, devices (whether or not patentable),
methods, ideas, procedures, manuals, confidential studies and
reports, lists of suppliers and customers and prospective
suppliers and customers, financial information and practices,
plans, pricing, selling techniques, sales and marketing programs
and methods, names, addresses and telephone numbers of the
Company's and/or the Affiliates' suppliers and customers, credit
and financial data of the Company's and/or the Affiliates'
suppliers and customers, particular business requirements of the
Company's and/or the Affiliates' suppliers and customers, special
methods and processes involved in designing, producing and
selling the Company's and/or the Affiliates' products and
services, any other information related to the Company's and/or
the Affiliates' suppliers and customers that could be used as a
competitive advantage by the Compa