Joseph A. Kuczkowski is a retired Goodyear scientist, noted for successfully explaining the mechanisms of

antioxidant Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation, a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals. This can lead to polymerization and other chain reactions. They are frequently added to industrial products, such as fuels and lubricant ...

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,

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, Buffalo, New York * 1966 - MS Chemistry,

, 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.

References

Living people Polymer scientists and engineers 21st-century American engineers Year of birth missing (living people) Tire industry people Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company people {{US-scientist-stub