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.