Joseph Kuczkowski
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Joseph A. Kuczkowski is a retired Goodyear scientist, noted for successfully explaining the mechanisms of antioxidant and antiozonant function,[1] and for commercial development of new antiozonant systems and improvement of the stability of polymeric materials.[2][3]
Education
[edit | edit source]- 1963 - BS Chemistry, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York
- 1966 - MS Chemistry, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York
- 1968 - Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, supervised by Prof. Michael Cava
- 1971 - postdoctoral fellow under Prof. Adam M. Aguiar in organo-phosphorus chemistry
Career
[edit | edit source]- 1968-1970 - U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, responsible for Clinical Chemistry Department of the 6th US Army Medical Laboratory
- 1971 - jointed Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as a Senior Research Chemist
- 1977 - Section Head, exploratory products and processes
- 1982 - Section Head, Rubber Chemicals
- 1984 - Section Head, Rubber Chemicals & Hydroquinone
- 1988 - R&D Associate, Chemicals and Specialty Polymers
- 2001 - retired from Goodyear
Kuczkowsi holds 23 US patents. Of these, 12 are products or processes in production, including: Wingstay SN and Wingstay K.
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2000 - Melvin Mooney Award of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society.
- 2011 - Charles Goodyear Medal of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society.[4]
References
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- ^ Dr. Joseph A. Kuczkowski, 2011 Charles Goodyear Medalist, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, vol. 84, G2-G3, 2011.
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