A Chemist, an Artist and a Lot of Fizz

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Caroline Mak, left, an artist, and Antonio Ramos, a chemist, started Brooklyn Soda Works in 2010. They draw on their day jobs in concocting new flavors.
By NATASHA SINGER
Published: March 5, 2011

BY day, Antonio Ramos is a medicinal chemist at the drug maker Sanofi-Aventis in Bridgewater, N.J., where he helps develop molecules for prescription drugs.

In the evening, he puts his chemistry skill set to a different use: developing formulas for Brooklyn Soda Works, the artisanal soda company he started last year with his partner, Caroline Mak. More