Fragrances by Philip Kraft

Philip Kraft, born in Germany in 1969, studied Chemistry at Kiel University and obtained his diploma and Ph.D. with Werner Tochtermann on macrocyclic odorants in collaboration with H&R. In 1996, he joined the fragrance research of Givaudan, and was promoted to the ranks of chief chemist (2001), group leader (2008) and research fellow (2015) with a special focus on the rational design and synthesis of new odorants, molecular modeling, and structure–odor relationships. To keep Fragrance Chemistry visible to the scientific community, he co-organizes the ‘flavours & fragrances’ conferences of GDCh since 2004, with the next to take place in Göttingen in 2025. Since 2008, he lectured on Fragrance Chemistry at the Uni...