Structure−Odor Relationships

Karen J. Rossiter was born in Ashford, Kent, England, in 1964. She received her degree in chemistry from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1990 and is presently doing a part-time Ph.D. into the relationship between chemical structure and odor. This work is sponsored by Quest International, one of the world leaders in the fragrance, flavor, and food ingredient industry, and is being carried out in collaboration with the University of Kent. She is also a member of the UK QSAR discussion group. Karen Rossiter has worked for 10 years as an organic chemist in the Research Department of the Fragrance Division of Quest International. She has been involved in both process development and the discovery of new fragrance ingredients and has had one commercially successful new aroma chemical, Karanal, named after her. Her current research interests are in structure−activity relationships and their use in the design of novel fragrance ingredients.