Dr. Cornelia Prehn is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Metabolomics Lab in the Metabolomics and Proteomics Core (MPC) at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany. She studied chemistry and organic chemistry at the University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, and received her Phd (Organic Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry) in 1999. In 1999, she became a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Prof. Klaus Wanner, Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, and in 2002, held another postdoctoral fellow position in the Laboratory of Prof. Jerzy Adamski, leader of the Steroid Screen of the “German Mouse Clinics”, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany. Her research interests are analytical chemistry, targeted metabolomics, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, organic chemistry, structure-activity-relationships and sandalwood odour compounds. She is member of the German Metabolomics Society “DGMet: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Metabolomforschung”, Guest Editor of the Journal Metabolites and holder of the Paula und Richard von Hertwig-Preis für interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit“.