Sanjoli Mathur is an olfactory researcher, currently working as a Research Associate at the University of East Anglia. She finished her MSc in Built Environment: Sustainable Heritage at University College London and BA in History from Delhi University. Her MSc dissertation investigated the impact that people's cultural background has on their experience of smells. Before this, she worked for four years on heritage education at the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, writing books, and conducting heritage walks and workshops.