George Preti

George Preti
Born 1944
Brooklyn, New York
Residence Pennsylvania
Citizenship USA
Fields organic chemist
Institutions Monell Chemical Senses Center
Known for Research on human body odors and TMAU

Dr. George Preti is an analytical organic chemist currently working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more than four decades, his research has focused upon the nature, origin and functional significance of human odors. Dr. Preti's laboratory has identified characteristic underarm odorants,[1] and his current studies center upon a bioassay-guided approach to the identification of human pheromones, odors diagnostic of human disease, human malodor identification and suppression and examining the “odor-print” of humans.

Background

George Preti was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1966, and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1971 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a specialty in Organic Mass Spectrometry in the laboratory of Professor Klaus Biemann.[2] That same year he joined the Monell Center. Dr. Preti is also currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Dermatology of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Research

In addition to dozens of peer-reviewed research articles, Dr. Preti holds more than a dozen patents related to deodorance, odor mediated control of the menstrual cycle and the use of odors in disease diagnosis.[3][4] His unique area of research has resulted in hundreds of clinician-directed referrals of patients with idiopathic body and oral malodor production problems. His efforts in this area have revealed a large, undiagnosed population of people suffering from trimethylaminuria (TMAU), an odor-producing genetic disorder.

Dr. Preti’s work has frequently been cited in print and electronic media, including the New York Times magazine section,[5] the Philadelphia Inquirer,[6] and ABC’s “Primetime: Medical Mysteries”.[7]

Select publications

References

  1. Booth, William (1990-08-28). "Scientists Follow Scent to Underarm Discovery". The Washington Post.
  2. Biemann, Klaus (1994). "The massachusetts institute of technology mass spectrometry school". Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 5 (5): 332. doi:10.1016/1044-0305(94)85048-8.
  3. Search Results for author Preti G on PubMed.
  4. "Justia Patents". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  5. Bunn, Austin (2000-10-15). "The War on Stink". The New York Times.
  6. Avril, Tom (2007-04-09). "Chemist helps folks whose body odor’s a bit fishy". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. "The Model Who Smells Like Dead Fish". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

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