Michailidou harnesses the chemical process of biocatalysis to produce fragrances sustainably. (Photograph: Daniel Winkler / ETH Zurich)
Michailidou harnesses the chemical process of biocatalysis to produce fragrances sustainably. (Photograph: Daniel Winkler / ETH Zurich) - Chemist Freideriki Michailidou is developing novel processes for the sustainable production of fragrance ingredients. As a first step, she studied the scents of rare aromatic plants that grow only on Mount Olympus in Greece. To tackle this challenge, she scaled Mount Olympus this past summer. She took along one of the ETH Biocommunication group's headspace traps, a device equipped with a glass bell or a plastic bag, which is placed carefully over a plant. The scent molecules can then be captured and stored for subsequent analysis in the lab. Freideriki Michailidou in the Laboratory of Toxicology at ETH Zurich.
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