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Judit Puskas
Hungarian American polymer chemist

Judit Puskas

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Hungarian American polymer chemist
A.K.A.
Judit E. Puskas
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Hungary
Education
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hungary
Employers
Bayer
Germany
(1989-1996)
Western University
London, Middlesex County, Canada
(1996-2004)
University of Akron
Akron, Summit County, USA
(2004-2018)
Ohio State University
Columbus, Franklin County, USA
(2019-)
Awards
Charles Goodyear Medal
(2017)
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Biography

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
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