Joseph Kuczkowski

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.

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.