title: Georg Bohm (scientist)
text: # Georg Bohm (scientist)
  
  Georg Bohm is a retired Vice President of Research and Technology for Bridgestone Americas noted for the development of electron beam pre-curing of elastomers.
  
  ## Education
  
  * BS Electrical Engineering, University of Vienna
  * 1962 – Ph.D. Physics from University of Vienna in Austria
  
  Between 1963 and 1967, he held scientific/academic positions at: the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany, Seoul National University in Korea, the University of Bandung in Indonesia, and Northwestern University in Illinois.
  
  ## Career
  
  * 1967 – Radiation Research Laboratories of Firestone Corp. in Westbury, New York
  * 2005 – retired from Bridgestone Americas as VP Research and Technology
  * 2010 – President of Appia LLC
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2016 – Charles Goodyear Medal of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society
  