Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner
Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner
Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
Current focus of our research is on improving and maintaining food and product quality, on contaminant and metabolite analysis, and on developing analytics and diagnostics in networked and intelligent systems to ensure highest product quality and consumer acceptance. We pay special attention to sustainable and resource-saving management as well as to product safety and consumer protection.
Our Research comprises both the projects at the Chair of Aroma and Smell research at FAU, our Sensory Sciences Consortium, together with our strong ties to Fraunhofer IVV with manifold project activities in the field of consumer research and protection, nutrition and health, and sensory sciences. We are a team of associated professors and junior research group leaders jointly creating impact
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SyMoCADS: Synthetic Molecular Communications Across Different Scales: From Theory to Experiments
(Third Party Funds Group – Overall project)
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Term: 1. June 2024 - 31. May 2029
Acronym: SyMoCADS
Funding source: DFG / Graduiertenkolleg (GRK)
URL: https://www.symocads.research.fau.eu/https://www.idc.tf.fau.de/neues-graduiertenkolleg-symocads/
2026
- Belé, T., Roosen, M., Loos, H., De Meester, S., & Büttner, A. (2026). Assessment of Odor Removal in Rigid Polypropylene Waste: Comprehensive Characterization and Washing Comparison. Global Challenges, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202500567
- Rodrigues da Silva, M., Wang, Q.J., Rao, R., Sapio, S., Debeuf, B., Petersen, M.A., & Büttner, A. (2026). Consumer perception of farmed caviar: Does production information matter? Food & Humanity, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2026.101146
2025
- Böhm, C., Wiessler, A.L., Janzen, D., Nausester, J., Slavik, B., Loos, H.,... Büttner, A. (2025). Modulatory effect of various essential oils on different GABAA receptor subtypes present in the central nervous system. Phytomedicine Plus, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2025.100852
- Carkit-Yilmaz, S., Zhu, K., Heinlein, B., Schober, R., Jamali, V., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2025). Experimental Analysis of Surface-induced Molecular Adsorption in Static Airborne Molecular Communication Environments. In NanoCom 2025 - Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (pp. 165-166). Chengdu, CN: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
- Heinlein, B., Zhu, K., Carkit-Yilmaz, S., Lotter, S., Loos, H., Büttner, A.,... Jamali Kooshkghazi, V. (2025). Molecule Mixture Detection and Alphabet Design for Non-linear, Cross-reactive Receiver Arrays in MC. In NANOCOM '25: Proceedings of the 12th Annual ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (pp. 15-21). Chengdu, CN: ACM.
- Kornbausch, N., Reynaud, R., Büttner, A., Steinke, M., Thomas-Danguin, T., Loos, H., & Heydel, J.M. (2025). Two complementary analytical approaches to study odorant metabolism in the olfactory epithelium. Food Chemistry, 496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146717
- Lauenstein, J., van de Weyer, S., Alsaleh, R., Wiedmer, C., Büttner, A., Kersch, C., & Schmitz-Spanke, S. (2025). Exploring the Activation of the Keap1-Nrf2-ARE Pathway by PAHs in Children's Toys. Contact Dermatitis. https://doi.org/10.1111/cod.14792
- Rodrigues da Silva, M., Martínez Noguera, P., Debeuf, B., Petersen, M.A., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2025). Aroma profiling and volatile fingerprinting of commercial caviar (Acipenser baerii and Acipenser gueldenstaedtii). Lwt-Food Science and Technology, 230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2025.118261
- Rodrigues da Silva, M., Noguera, P.M., Debeuf, B., Petersen, M.A., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2025). Distribution of Odorant Compounds in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Used in Sturgeon Farming. Aquaculture Research, 2025(1). https://doi.org/10.1155/are/2377886
- Sarapa, A., Peter, A., Büttner, A., & Loos, H. (2025). Organoleptic and chemical properties of propolis: a review. European Food Research and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-025-04708-y
- Zhu, K., Carkit-Yilmaz, S., Heinlein, B., Jamali, V., Schober, R., Büttner, A., & Loos, H. (2025). Airborne Molecular Communication Using MOS Sensors under Controlled Airflow. In NanoCom 2025 - Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (pp. 159-160). Chengdu, CHN, CN: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
2024
- Debong, M., Homm, I., Gigl, M., Lang, R., Hofmann, T., Büttner, A.,... Loos, H. (2024). Curry-Odorants and Their Metabolites Transfer into Human Milk and Urine. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202300831
- Eisenbrand, G., Büttner, A., Diel, P., Epe, B., Först, P., Grune, T.,... Hengstler, J.G. (2024). Commentary of the SKLM to the EFSA opinion on risk assessment of N-nitrosamines in food. Archives of Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03726-1
- Eisenbrand, G., Büttner, A., Diel, P., Epe, B., Först, P., Grune, T.,... Hengstler, J.G. (2024). Correction to: Commentary of the SKLM to the EFSA opinion on risk assessment of N-nitrosamines in food (Archives of Toxicology, (2024), 98, 6, (1573-1580), 10.1007/s00204-024-03726-1). Archives of Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03776-5
- Guckenbiehl, Y., Morales Romero, A.M., Haug, H., Ortner, E., Rothkopf, I., Schweiggert-Weisz, U.,... Gola, S. (2024). Conching of dark chocolate – Processing impacts on aroma-active volatiles and viscosity of plastic masses. Current Research in Food Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crfs.2024.100909
- Guckenbiehl, Y., Ortner, E., Rothkopf, I., Schweiggert-Weisz, U., Ziegleder, G., Büttner, A., & Naumann-Gola, S. (2024). Distribution and transition of aroma-active compounds in dark chocolate model systems under conching conditions. Food Chemistry, 437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137861
- Leist, M., Büttner, A., Diel, P., Eisenbrand, G., Epe, B., Först, P.,... Hengstler, J.G. (2024). Controversy on health-based guidance values for bisphenol A—the need of criteria for studies that serve as a basis for risk assessment. Archives of Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-03778-3
- Mérignac-Lacombe, J., Kornbausch, N., Sivarajan, R., Boichot, V., Berg, K., Oberwinkler, H.,... Steinke, M. (2024). Characterization of a Human Respiratory Mucosa Model to Study Odorant Metabolism. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00752
- Noguera, P.M., Egiddi, M., Södergren, J., Rodrigues da Silva, M., Beauchamp, J., Petersen, M.A.,... Jørgensen, N.O. (2024). More than just geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol? Off-flavours associated with recirculating aquaculture systems. Reviews in Aquaculture, 16(4), 2034-2063. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12949
- Rodrigues da Silva, M., Egiddi, M., Debeuf, B., Büttner, A., & Loos, H. (2024). Aroma-active compounds in Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) raised in recirculating aquaculture systems. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101443
- Rodrigues da Silva, M., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2024). Identification of odor-active compounds in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from recirculated aquaculture systems: A case study with different depuration procedures. Food Research International, 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114755
- Wang, Q., Baum, A., Schreiner, L., Slavik, B., Büttner, A., & Loos, H. (2024). Sensory characterization and identification of odorants in birch wood (Betula pendula Roth). Wood Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-024-01575-w
- Ünalan, I., Slavik, B., Büttner, A., & Boccaccini, A.R. (2024). Phytotherapeutic Hierarchical PCL-Based Scaffolds as a Multifunctional Wound Dressing: Combining 3D Printing and Electrospinning. Macromolecular Bioscience. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202400253
2023
- Bauer, P., & Büttner, A. (2023). Quantification of odorous and potentially harmful substances in acrylic paint. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115329
- Debong, M., N'Diaye, K., Schöberl, D., Yin, Y., Lang, R., Büttner, A.,... Loos, H. (2023). Linalool, 1,8-Cineole, and Eugenol Transfer from a Curry Dish into Human Urine. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202300396
- Guckenbiehl, Y., Martin, A., Ortner, E., Rothkopf, I., Schweiggert-Weisz, U., Büttner, A., & Naumann-Gola, S. (2023). Corrigendum to “Aroma-active volatiles and rheological characteristics of the plastic mass during conching of dark chocolate” [Food Res. Int. 162 (Part B) (2022) 112063] (Food Research International (2022) 162(PB), (S0963996922011218), (10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112063)). Food Research International, 168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112757
- Jamali, V., Loos, H., Büttner, A., Schober, R., & Poor, H.V. (2023). Olfaction-inspired MCs: Molecule Mixture Shift Keying and Cross-Reactive Receptor Arrays. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2023.3242379
- Lotter, S., Brand, L., Jamali, V., Schäfer, M., Loos, H., Unterweger, H.,... Schober, R. (2023). Experimental Research in Synthetic Molecular Communications - Part I. IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/MNANO.2023.3262100
- Lotter, S., Brand, L., Jamali, V., Schäfer, M., Loos, H.M., Unterweger, H.,... Schober, R. (2023). Experimental Research in Synthetic Molecular Communications - Part II. IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/MNANO.2023.3262377
- Mahmoud, M.A.A., Magdy, M., Tybussek, T., Barth, J., & Büttner, A. (2023). Comparative Evaluation of Wild and Farmed Rainbow Trout Fish Based on Representative Chemosensory and Microbial Indicators of Their Habitats. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07868
- Wicke, W., Felsheim, R., Brand, L., Jamali, V., Loos, H., Büttner, A., & Schober, R. (2023). Pulse Shaping for MC via Particle Size. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMBMC.2023.3254436
2022
- Bauer, P., Ortner, E., & Büttner, A. (2022). Influence of elongation and desaturation on chemosensory properties in acrylates and their corresponding 1-alken-3-ones. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04332-9
- Buchecker, F., Baum, A., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2022). Follow your nose - Traveling the world of odorants in new cars. Indoor Air, 32(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.13014
- Buchecker, F., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2022). Investigations on the impact of hardening on the odour of an aqueous cavity preservation for automotive applications using sensory and instrumental analysis. Talanta Open, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talo.2022.100095
- Buchecker, F., Loos, H., & Büttner, A. (2022). Smells like new car or rather like an old carriage? - Resolution of the decay behavior of odorants in vehicle cabins during usage. Indoor Air, 32(9). https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.13112
- Büttner, A., Buchecker, F., Loos, H.M., & Buettner, A. (2022). Odor characterization of a cavity preservation using emission test chambers by different sensory evaluation methods and sampling concepts for instrumental analysis. Talanta Open, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talo.2022.100098
- Guckenbiehl, Y., Martin, A., Ortner, E., Rothkopf, I., Schweiggert-Weisz, U., Büttner, A., & Naumann-Gola, S. (2022). Aroma-active volatiles and rheological characteristics of the plastic mass during conching of dark chocolate. Food Research International, 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112063
- Kornbausch, N., Debong, M., Büttner, A., Heydel, J.-M., & Loos, H. (2022). Geruchsstoffmetabolismus im Menschen. Angewandte Chemie, 134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202202866
- Kornbausch, N., Debong, M., Büttner, A., Heydel, J.-M., & Loos, H. (2022). Odorant Metabolism in Humans. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(35). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202202866
- Lok, B., Mueller, G., Büttner, A., Bartel, M., & Erdmann, J. (2022). Odor-Reduced HDPE-Lignin Blends by Use of Processing Additives. Polymers, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14132660
- Lok, B., Mueller, G., Ganster, J., Erdmann, J., Büttner, A., & Denk, P. (2022). Odor and Constituent Odorants of HDPE–Lignin Blends of Different Lignin Origin. Polymers, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14010206
- Roosen, M., Harinck, L., Ügdüler, S., De Somer, T., Hucks, A.G., Gomes de Aragao Belé, T.,... De Meester, S. (2022). Deodorization of post-consumer plastic waste fractions: A comparison of different washing media. Science of the Total Environment, 812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152467
2021
- Debong, M., Lang, R., N'Diaye, K., Büttner, A., Hofmann, T., & Loos, H. (2021). Tracing odour- and taste-active compounds in human milk. In Proceedings of the 16th Weurman Flavour Research Symposium.
- Debong, M., N'Diaye, K., Owsienko, D., Schoberl, D., Ammar, T., Lang, R.,... Loos, H. (2021). Dietary Linalool is Transferred into the Milk of Nursing Mothers. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 65(23). https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202100507
- Ghadiriasli, R., Mahmoud, M.A., Wagenstaller, M., van de Kuilen, J.W., & Büttner, A. (2021). Chemo-sensory characterization of aroma active compounds of native oak wood in relation to their geographical origins. Food Research International, 150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110776
- Janzen, D., Slavik, B., Zehe, M., Sotriffer, C., Loos, H., Büttner, A., & Villmann, C. (2021). Sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpenoids harbor modulatory allosteric potential and affect inhibitory GABA(A) receptor function in vitro. Journal of Neurochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15469
- N´Diaye, K., Debong, M., Behr, J., Dirndorfer, S., Duggan, T., Beusch, A.,... Hofmann, T. (2021). Dietary Piperine is Transferred into the Milk of Nursing Mothers. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202100508
- Schlegel, K., Ortner, E., Büttner, A., & Schweiggert-Weisz, U. (2021). Contribution of s. XYLOSUS and l. Sakei ssp. carnosus fermentation to the aroma of Lupin protein isolates. Foods, 10(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061257
- Slavik, B., Roehrer, S., Loos, H., Minceva, M., & Büttner, A. (2021). Isolation of sesquiterpenoids from Matricaria chamomilla by means of solvent assisted flavor evaporation and centrifugal partition chromatography. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03400-w
- Strangl, M., Lok, B., Breunig, P., Ortner, E., & Büttner, A. (2021). The challenge of deodorizing post-consumer polypropylene packaging: Screening of the effect of washing, color-sorting and heat exposure. Resources Conservation and Recycling, 164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105143
- Ünalan, I., Fuggerer, T., Slavik, B., Büttner, A., & Boccaccini, A.R. (2021). Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of cinnamon essential oil-laden 45S5 bioactive glass/soy protein composite scaffolds for the treatment of bone infections and oxidative stress. Materials Science and Engineering C, 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2021.112320
2020
- Cabanes, A., Strangl, M., Ortner, E., Fullana, A., & Büttner, A. (2020). Odorant composition of post-consumer LDPE bags originating from different collection systems. Waste Management, 104, 228-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2020.01.021
- Ghadiriasli, R., Mahmoud, M.A., Wagenstaller, M., van de Kuilen, J.W., & Büttner, A. (2020). Molecular and sensory characterization of odorants in Cembran pine (Pinus cembra L.) from different geographic regions. Talanta, 220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121380
- Lok, B., Büttner, A., Denk, P., Ortner, E., & Fell, T. (2020). Exploring odor minimization in post-consumer plastic packaging waste through the use of probiotic bacteria. Sustainability, 12(22), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229432
- Prado, K.S., Strangl, M., Pereira, S.R., Tiboni, A.R., Ortner, E., Spinacé, M.A., & Büttner, A. (2020). Odor characterization of post-consumer and recycled automotive polypropylene by different sensory evaluation methods and instrumental analysis. Waste Management, 115, 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2020.07.021
- Qin, W., Huber, K., Popp, M., Bauer, P., Büttner, A., Sharapa, C.,... Loos, H. (2020). Quantification of Allyl Methyl Sulfide, Allyl Methyl Sulfoxide, and Allyl Methyl Sulfone in Human Milk and Urine After Ingestion of Cooked and Roasted Garlic. Frontiers in Nutrition, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.565496
- Schalk, P., Kohl, M., Herrmann, H.J., Schwappacher, R., Rimmele, M., Büttner, A.,... Siebler, J. (2020). Correction to: Influence of cancer and acute inflammatory disease on taste perception: a clinical pilot study (Supportive Care in Cancer, (2019), 27, 4, (1579), 10.1007/s00520-019-4642-6). Supportive Care in Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05327-x
- Schreiner, L., Bauer, J., Ortner, E., & Büttner, A. (2020). Structure-Odor Activity Studies on Derivatives of Aromatic and Oxygenated Monoterpenoids Synthesized by Modifying p-Cymene. Journal of Natural Products. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00339
- Schreiner, L., Ortner, E., & Büttner, A. (2020). Nosy confirmation: reconstitution of the characteristic odor of softwood via quantitative analysis and human sensory evaluation. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 412(5), 1137-1149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-019-02339-3
- Strangl, M., Ortner, E., Fell, T., Ginzinger, T., & Büttner, A. (2020). Odor characterization along the recycling process of post-consumer plastic film fractions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121104