Biography:Joseph Kuczkowski

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Joseph A. Kuczkowski is a 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]

Education

  • 1963 - BS Chemistry, Canisius College, Buffalo NY
  • 1966 - MS Chemistry, Canisius College, Buffalo NY
  • 1968 - Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 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 Chemimcals
  • 1984 - Section Head, Rubber Chemimcals & 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.

References

  1. Kuczkowski, Joseph A. (2011). "STABILIZATION OF RAW DIENIC SYNTHETIC RUBBER POLYMERS". Rubber Chemistry and Technology (84.3): 273–295.. doi:10.5254/1.3592280. 
  2. Dr. Joseph A. Kuczkowski, 2011 Charles Goodyear Medalist, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, vol. 84, G2-G3, 2011.