Susan D'Andrea, chemist and President at Andrea Aromatics

Susan D'Andrea is President and a chemist at Andrea Aromatics, Inc. She has worked with the company since 2005. Her background includes pharmaceutical research, protein biochemistry, biotechnology, surface chemistry, fragrance formulation, and the daily work of running a manufacturing company.

Susan combines formal scientific training with hands-on experience inside a family-owned business. She understands the questions that shape a formula, the compliance requirements that guide its use, and the practical problems that can affect production.

Susan D'Andrea's scientific background

Before joining the fragrance industry, Susan worked in the pharmaceutical field, focusing onprotein biochemistry and protein production. Her work included protein synthesis and analyticaltesting. This experience gave her a strong foundation in laboratory processes, material behavior,and the careful review of results.

Her graduate research at Seton Hall University focused on the surface chemistry ofhydroxyapatite. The project examined how to produce a stable, antifouling monolayer surfaceon human hydroxyapatite that could resist salivary pellicle formation. The work required closeattention to surface behavior, material properties, and the conditions that affect performance.

That training remains useful in fragrance and odor-control work. A formula has to behavecorrectly in the product where it will be used. The chemistry of the base, the manufacturingprocess, the intended use, and the performance target all matter.

Susan's work at Andrea Aromatics

Susan's role at Andrea Aromatics reaches across the company. She is responsible for regulatorycompliance, fragrance formulation, research and development, laboratory technology,procurement, and marketing. She also handles the daily operational work required to keep amanufacturing business running.

Her work can move from reviewing compliance requirements to considering a formula,discussing laboratory equipment, supporting procurement, or addressing a shipping, receiving,or facility issue. That range gives Susan a direct view of the details that affect customers,suppliers, employees, and production.

Andrea Aromatics follows IFRA, R.I.F.M., and F.E.M.A. guidelines for its formulations. Susan'scompliance work keeps those requirements part of the process, from research anddevelopment through manufacturing and customer support.

An aromatics company built around real chemistry

Andrea Aromatics is an aromatics company that develops custom fragrances, deodorants, andodor-control products for different applications. The business has operated from New Jerseysince 1980 and remains family-owned.

The company formulates from each customer's chemistry, manufacturing process, andperformance needs. A fragrance that works well in a candle may fail inside a rubber compound.An odor-control product for laundry may need a different approach when it is used with paints,coatings, plastics, or other materials.

Aromatic fragrances have to fit the product where they will be used. They need to remaincompatible with the surrounding chemistry and perform under the conditions created bymanufacturing. Odor-control work also requires a clear distinction between masking a malodorand using a true neutralizer.

Susan's experience helps connect those technical requirements with the day-to-day decisionsmade in a working company. She can consider the laboratory question, the regulatory question,and the production question together.

Education and research

Susan's academic training includes:

• Executive Master of Business Administration, Drexel University, 2012
• PhD in Chemistry, Seton Hall University, 2005
• Master of Science in Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania, 2000
• Bachelor of Science in Biology, Ursinus College, 1998

Her education combines chemistry, biology, biotechnology, and business. That combinationsupports her work at Andrea Aromatics, where scientific knowledge and daily business decisions often meet.

Experience behind the author

Susan D'Andrea may be identified as the author of Andrea Aromatics articles and web pages.Her experience includes pharmaceutical research, laboratory science, fragrance formulation,regulatory compliance, procurement, and the daily operation of a family-owned manufacturing company.

Her work gives readers a view of Andrea Aromatics from inside the company, grounded inscientific training and the practical demands of making products for real manufacturing processes.