Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung IVV
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Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner

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  • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung IVV


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Physical sciences



Area of specialisation

human senses, chemocommunication, aroma research, odour research, food chemistry, sensory sciences, perception, volatile contaminants



Research interests

  • Human Senses

  • Sense of smell

  • Food imprinting and food preferences

  • Off-tastes

  • Aroma development

  • Aroma analysis



Distinctions and Awards

  • AGFD Fellow Award, Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 2017

  • Nutricia Science Prize, 2013

  • Danone Innovation Prize, 2012

  • Young Investigator Award, Food and Agricultural Division, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2011

  • Kurt Täufel young scientist award from the Food Chemistry Society, German Chemical Society (GDCh), 2010

  • Fraunhofer Vintage Class, research grant for excellent scientists, 2007

  • Firmenich Flavor and Fragrance Science Award, 2004

  • Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) fellowship and award for excellent early-career scientists from the HWPII Higher Education and Science Programme, Equal Opportunity for Women in Research and Teaching programme, 2004

  • German Research Foundation (DFG) research grant BU 1351/1-1 and -2, 2002

  • Joseph Schormüller stipend for a research visit in Sept./Oct. 2002 to the research group of Prof. P. Pelosi, Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy, topic: Human lipocalins as "odorant binding proteins", 2001

  • Weurman Flavour Research Award: "Best Poster" with the topic "Quantification of odour-active thiols in fresh, hand-squeezed grapefruit juices (Citrus paradisi MacFayden) by stable isotope dilution assays", 1999

  • Research grant for a "Short Term Scientific Mission, COST 96" for a research visit in March/April 1997 to the research group of Prof. A. Taylor, University of Nottingham, England, topic: In vivo measurements of volatile release from oranges, 1997



Interested in

  • Lectures, Management position, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship, Refereeing


Languages

English, French, German, Italian



Doctorate

  • 1999: Odorants in Citrus Fruit Juices ("Flavour substances in citrus juices")


PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

  • 2006: Aroma release and perception during consumption of food




Short CV/Education and training

  • 1990 – 1991
    Studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, Germany

  • 1991 – 1995
    Studied food chemistry at LMU Munich

  • 1995 – 1999
    Doctorate in food chemistry from the German Research Centre for Food Chemistry (DFA), Technical University of Munich

  • 1999 – 2002
    Postdoctoral research associate, DFA, Technical University of Munich

  • 2002 – 2004
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) fellowship, DFA, Technical University of Munich, German Research Foundation (DFG) fellowship BU 1351/1

  • 2004 – 2005
    Habilitation fellowship, DFA, Technical University of Munich, HWP II Habilitation fellowship

  • 2006 – 2006
    HWP II fellowship for excellent early-career scientists at the Technical University of Munich

  • 2006
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in the field of food chemistry at the Technical University of Munich

  • 2007 – 2012
    Head of the "Molecular bases of human nutrition" junior research group at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; a German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) programme

  • Since 2007
    Head of the Fraunhofer IVV Department Sensory Analytics, Freising, Germany

  • 2012 – 2017
    Professor of Aroma Research, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

  • Since 2017
    Deputy Director of Fraunhofer Institute of Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Freising

  • Since 2017
    Chair of Aroma and Smell Research, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Selected publications

Selected projects

  • Junior research group at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany: the BMBF "Molecular bases of human nutrition" programme

  • Project partner in the Emerging Fields Initiative "Neurotrition"

  • Project "Molecular and physiological foundations of human olfactory perception, and chemical and sensory analytics", with funding through the Fraunhofer Vintage Class, 2008 – 2013

  • Project "soft drinks with balancing effect based on plant ingredients" within the framework of the "Bayfood" research and innovation network

  • Project partner within the framework of the project "Establishment of a research and educational network on health-promoting foods with the focus on traditional Turkish foods" of the joint BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) and TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Funding Initiative, 2011 – 2014

  • Project partner within the framework of the Bavarian research association "For-Food", 2011–2013

  • Research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG): INST 90/979-1 FUGG, BU 1351/15-1, BU 1351/15-2, BU 1351/1-1, BU 1351/1-2, BU1351/1-3, BU 1351/17-1, BU 1351/20-1, BU 1351/23-1, BU 1351/24-1

  • C-PlaNeT, EU Project Horizon 2020-MSCA-ITN-2019

  • Research Initiative Campus of the Senses

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

  • Service as member of DFG review board, academic subject area: Food Chemistry, since April 2016

  • Spokesperson of the DFG review board 305 Biological Chemistry and Food Chemistry, since April 2016

  • Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Research Association of the German Food Industry (Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie FEI)

  • Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Industry Association for Food Technology and Packaging (Industrievereinigung für Lebensmitteltechnologie und Verpackung e. V.)

  • Director and Cofunder of the Campus of the Senses

  • Member of the Institute for Food and Health ZIEL at TUM, since 2017

  • Member of the Interdisciplinary Center of Neuroscience at FAU, since 2016

  • Scientific member of the Fraunhofer Vintage Class programme 2007 – 2012, since 2012 alumna

  • COST Action 921 »Food Matrices: Structural Organisation and Impact on Flavour Release and Perception«: membership in the management committee and working group leader

  • Guest Associate Editor of the Research Topic »Contemporary Materials Safety«, Analytical Chemistry (specialty section of Frontiers in Chemistry) since 2017

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158) since 2015

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Food Chemistry (specialty section of Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Nutrition) since 2015

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