Judit Puskas

{{Short description|Polymer scientist and engineer}}

Judit Puskas is a Distinguished Ohio State University professor noted as co-inventor of the polymer used on the Taxus-brand coronary stent.{{cite news|title=Akron professor Puskas to receive Charles Goodyear Medal|url=http://www.rubbernews.com/article/20161011/NEWS/161019993/akron-professor-puskas-to-receive-charles-goodyear-medal|accessdate=12 October 2016|publisher=Rubber and Plastics News|date=11 October 2016}}{{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=J. P. |last2=Puskas |first2=J. E. |last3=Kaszas |first3=G. |last4=Hager |first4=W. G. |title=U.S. Patent No. 4,946,899. |date=1990 |publisher=U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. |location=Washington, DC |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4946899A/en |access-date=1 August 2024}} She is the first woman to win the Charles Goodyear Medal,{{cite web |title=ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS |url=https://www.rubber.org/oral-history-interviews |website=rubber.org |publisher=ACS Rubber Division |access-date=9 October 2022}} the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society's Rubber Division. Her research focuses on polymer engineering for breast reconstruction in cancer treatment,{{cite journal |last1=Puskas |first1=J. E. |last2=Chen |first2=Y. |title=Biomedical application of commercial polymers and novel polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic elastomers for soft tissue replacement |journal=Biomacromolecules |date=2004 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=1141–1154 |doi=10.1021/bm034513k|pmid=15244424 }} green polymer chemistry, biomimetic processes, biomaterials, living polymerization,{{cite journal |last1=Puskas |first1=J. E. |last2=Kaszas |first2=G. |title=Living carbocationic polymerization of resonance-stabilized monomers |journal=Progress in Polymer Science |date=2000 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=403–452 |doi=10.1016/S0079-6700(00)00010-1}} polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, thermoplastic elastomers, polymer structure/property relationships, and polymer-bio interfaces.