Misplaced Pages

Judit Puskas is a Distinguished Ohio State University professor noted as co-inventor of the polymer used on the Taxus-brand coronary stent. She is the first woman to win the Charles Goodyear Medal, the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society's Rubber Division. Her research focuses on polymer engineering for breast reconstruction in cancer treatment, green polymer chemistry, biomimetic processes, biomaterials, living polymerization, polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, thermoplastic elastomers, polymer structure/property relationships, and polymer-bio interfaces.

Education

She received her Ph.D. in Plastics and Rubber Technology/M.E. Organic and Biochemical Engineering from the Technical University of Budapest in 1985. She completed a postdoc under Joseph Kennedy at the University of Akron.

Career

• 1989–1996 – Research Scientist at Bayer
• 1996–2004 – Professor at University of Western Ontario
• 2004–2018 – Professor at University of Akron
• 2019–present Professor at Ohio State University

Awards

• 2017 – Charles Goodyear Medal of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society

References

1. "Akron professor Puskas to receive Charles Goodyear Medal". Rubber and Plastics News. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
2. Kennedy, J. P.; Puskas, J. E.; Kaszas, G.; Hager, W. G. (1990). U.S. Patent No. 4,946,899. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
3. "ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS". rubber.org. ACS Rubber Division. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
4. Puskas, J. E.; Chen, Y. (2004). "Biomedical application of commercial polymers and novel polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic elastomers for soft tissue replacement". Biomacromolecules. 5 (4): 1141–1154. doi:10.1021/bm034513k. PMID 15244424.
5. Puskas, J. E.; Kaszas, G. (2000). "Living carbocationic polymerization of resonance-stabilized monomers". Progress in Polymer Science. 25 (3): 403–452. doi:10.1016/S0079-6700(00)00010-1.
6. "Featured Customer – Judit Puskas, Ph.D." wyatt.com. Wyatt Technology. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
7. Goodman, C. (2010). "Judit Puskas-A polymer scientist explores and exploits the heterogeneity of natural biopolymers". Nature Chemical Biology. 6: 697. doi:10.1038/nchembio.449. PMID 20852603.
8. "Judit E. Puskas, P.Eng". Professional Engineers Ontario. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
9. Goodman, Catherine (2010). "Judit Puskas - A polymer scientist explores and exploits the heterogeneity of natural biopolymers". Nature Chemical Biology. 6 (10): 697. doi:10.1038/nchembio.449. PMID 20852603.
10. "// OUR PEOPLE // JUDIT E. PUSKAS". fabe.osu.edu. Ohio State University. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

This article about an American scientist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Living people
• Polymer scientists and engineers
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
• University of Akron faculty
• Ohio State University faculty
• Women materials scientists and engineers
• American scientist stubs