Joseph A. Kuczkowski is a 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.
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
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.
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.
