CBC, CBN, CBG & More

Carter has been a cannabis professional in Colorado since January 2014. His experience over the past five years has been wide ranging and has included political action, state congressional testimony, receiving investment, entrepreneurship, business acceleration, and establishing himself as "The Pot Scientist" YouTube personality by uploading hundreds of videos. He is now happily employed as a R&D technician for a growing late-stage CBD startup in Golden, Colorado.

Dr. Anna Schwabe recently received her PhD from the University of Northern Colorado where she used a genetic approach to assess sources of variation. She recieved both the Dean's Citation for Academic Excellence as well as the award for Outstanding Dissertation. Her research focused on genetic relationships in various Cannabis groups, as well as how genotypic variation in retail Cannabis is reflected in phenotypic characteristics. Her first Cannabis manuscript examining genetic variation within retail strains in the first edition of the Journal of Cannabis Research has been well received, and her second manuscript examining genetic relationships among common Cannabis usage groups is currently in review. She is now coordinating research projects at Mile High Labs and aims to assist in creating consistency in Cannabis products.

Organic chemist & founder of Jonesing Labs. Since 2015, Josh has worked as research scientist with over 25 firms, large & small. His focus is on the discovery, design and scale-up of improved processes for the extraction and refining of industrial hemp.

Julie Fry has extensive experience in quality control compliance and regulatory standards for the acquisition, manufacturing, and production of pharmaceutical and food grade materials, including Cannabis. Her experience includes a comprehensive understanding of the processes involved in the derivation and implementation of a variety of International Organization for Standardization standards (ISO 13485:2016, 22000:2018, 17025:2017, 9001:2015), as well as ASTM, PFC, GMP, GLP, GAP, and GCP protocols. Ms. Fry has worked in many different laboratory settings, both in academia and within the biotechnology and Cannabis industries, and because of this, uniquely understands how to take a product from bench-top to market correctly. She graduated from The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) with a bachelor's degree in Biology, with a minor in Chemistry. Ms. Fry then obtained a master's degree in Biochemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich). She is also a subject matter expert (technical English) editor as well as a cannabis science consultant and education liaison. She is currently a member of the ASTM’s D37 Cannabis Technical Committee, tasked with drafting universal Cannabis standards and best practices, as well as a member of the ACS’s CANN, the Cannabis chapter of the American Chemical Society.

Born and raised in Colorado, Sean’s career began at the University of Colorado, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biochemistry researching enzyme-activated anti-cancer drugs. His studies ultimately took him to New Haven, CT, where he earned a PhD in organic chemistry from Yale University, focusing chiefly on the development of oxidation methodology using aspartyl-peptide catalysts.

Dr. Towle has been an active participant in the cannabis industry for over 5 years. He has been a volunteer for the Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision within the American Chemical Society, participating as networking event coordinator, secretary of the executive committee, and session chair for the 258th National Meeting. He has developed methods for cannabis analysis, extraction, and purification. In fact, Dr. Towle holds a patent on cannabis extraction using ethyl acetate as a solvent (US Patent # 9,937,218). Currently, Dr. Towle is advancing cannabis science and research as Director of Chemistry at MedPharm Holdings.