Lena Trost is a visual artist working at the intersection of art and science as part of her PhD project. She studied fine arts with a focus on glass at the Institute for Ceramic and Glass Arts (IKKG) at the University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, where, since 2018, she has been teaching. Since 2024, she has led and coordinated the Material Art Lab project at IKKG, where students explore the artistic potential of analog techniques combined with 3D technologies, establishing an expanded concept of material and space. From 2019, Lena Trost has been conducting artistic research in the practice-based PhD program at the Bauhaus University Weimar, focusing on the potential of glass as a projection surface for imaginative olfactory experiences and olfactory memories.