Joseph A. Kuczkowski is a retired Goodyear scientist, noted for successfully explaining the mechanisms of antioxidant and antiozonant function, and for commercial development of new antiozonant systems and improvement of the stability of polymeric materials.Dr. Joseph A. Kuczkowski, 2011 Charles Goodyear Medalist, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, vol. 84, G2-G3, 2011.
Education
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
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
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.
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