Author: Horst Surburg

Horst Surburg studied chemistry at Kiel University, and joined Haarmann & Reimer (now Symrise) in Holzminden, Germany, in 1980. He originally researched natural chemical materials, before specializing in the synthesis of aromatic and cosmetic substances, as well as developing methods for their production. Since 2002 Dr. Surburg has been head of the Synthesis department within the corporate R&D at Symrise. He has been a co-author of Common Fragrance and Flavor Materials since 1990. Johannes Panten studied chemistry at Kiel University, before joining the R&D department at DRAGOCO (now Symrise) in Holzminden, Germany, in 1991. His main research areas are the synthesis of aromatic substances, as well as developing methods for their manufacture. Since 2002 Dr. Panten has been head of the New Molecules Fragrances department at Symrise.