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Osmo Announces Launch of Scientific Advisory Board
Brian Boso, Ph.D. Named to Osmo Scientific Advisory Board
The digital olfaction company, Osmo, announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of leading experts in synthetic chemistry, analytical chemistry, artificial intelligence and sensor technology, to help propel the company’s olfactory innovation across scent detection, digitization and creation.
The SAB brings together distinguished leaders in AI, machine learning, chemistry, olfactory neuroscience, quantum computing, and advanced sensing technologies, each bringing deep expertise and a proven track record of innovation in drug discovery, biological intelligence, and chemical analysis.
“Osmo’s groundbreaking scent digitization mission requires input from the most brilliant minds working in harmony across diverse disciplines. We are so proud to work with the very best in their respective fields” said CEO, Alex Wiltschko. “Just imagine trying to digitize vision in the 1970’s—you’d have to work across half a dozen disciplines, and that’s exactly what we are doing at Osmo.”
Osmo’s SAB will offer guidance on the company’s rapidly advancing olfactory technology and its expanding applications. This valuable resource will support Osmo’s strategic growth in areas like health and wellness (detecting diseases earlier, tracking pandemics faster, and repelling disease-carrying insects), security (identifying fentanyl at borders and security threats at airports), and indoor air pollution and multimedia experiences.
“We have enormous challenges and opportunities ahead of us and I can’t think of a better collective to help shape our scientific vision than this group of individuals.”
Brian Boso, Ph.D., is the former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientist for Smiths Detection where he led the international technology teams responsible for all R&D in the development of threat detection and security screening products. Brian joined Smiths Detection in August 2003, having previously held the position of VP of R&D at Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., leading the development of cable TV distribution equipment. Prior to SA, Brian served as VP of Technology at Tektronix, Inc. directing the development of electronic and optical test and measurement products. During his career, Brian has held positions in C-level management, technology/R&D management, basic/applied research, product/process development, marketing/sales management, and manufacturing. Brian received a B.S. degree from The Ohio State University, graduated from the University of Illinois with an M.S. and Ph.D. in physics. He also completed postdoctoral research at Pennsylvania State University before taking a position in industry. He has received multiple patents for his work and has had multiple scientific and technology publications.
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Launched in January 2023 with $60 million Series A funding led by Lux Capital and Google Ventures, Osmo fuses machine learning, data science, psychophysics, olfactory neuroscience, electrical engineering, and chemistry in a multi-disciplinary approach to digitizing scent. Osmo’s work is grounded in digital olfaction research that the team validated at Google Research, including two pivotal studies that used Graph Neural Networks to predict the smell of a molecule from its structure and to investigate the biological underpinnings of odor similarity. The company has begun work in the flavor and fragrance market to create a new generation of better, safer, environmentally-friendly scent molecules. Osmo has already expanded into the public health sector with their discovery of new insect repellents and expects to expand into early disease detection, tracking pandemics faster, alongside sectors like security and indoor air pollution.
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