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CANNABIS CHEMISTRY SUBDIVISION IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE HPLC Method Development for 16 Baseline Resolution of Seventeen Cannabinoids 20 Mycotoxins in Cannabis - Lessons from Other Stored and Packaged Goods ElSohLy Award The Fundamentals of LC/MS 24 “I am honored for the ACS Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision to name the EISohly Award after me. I am excited to meet new talented scientists who are working on cannabis chemistry and are deserving of this award.” Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly 30 Untangling Terpenes The first ever award in cannabis chemistry is given to scientists so that they can share their work at the American Chemical Society’s National Meeting Tips and Challenges for Defensible Analysis each year. 32 of Pesticides in Cannabis Products “Winning this award is an honor. I am pleased, as a 2018 scholarship winner, to help select the 2019 winners and to help shape the future of the Bryant Jones Dr. Monica Vialpando Getting to the Root of EISohly Award. This is just what the cannabis industry needed and it’s 38 Advanced Cannabis Pesticide Testing great to see this coming out of the ACS. The Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision has been so prolific as a subdivision, I look forward to seeing how much they can accomplish as a full ACS division.” Not the UV/Vis You Grew Up with: Terpene Isomer Analysis Dr. Jahan Marcu 42 with Gas Chromatography – Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Michael Coffin Stephen Goldman Microbes: Why You Don’t Want Them in Cannabis 46 and What’s the Best Way to Test for Them Dr. Melissa Lewis Dr. Jahan Marcu Dr. John de la Para Dr. Mark Scialdone Dr. Linda Klumpers Dr. Michael Schafroth Andrew Pham Increasing Return on Investment 52 for Pesticide Analysis in Cannabis To apply please send your abstract and resume to [email protected] by July 1. In-House Analytical Testing: 56 Spending Money to Save Money www.cannachem.org Follow us at @canndchas SPONSORED BY HEIDOLPH NORTH AMERICA 8 TERPENES & TESTING TERPENES & TESTING 9 To Carry the Torch: The Next-Generation of Cannabis Scientists By Jason S. Lupoi, PhD. Have you ever pondered the thought of nearly 16,000 chemists has bequeathed a generous glut of medicinal molecules for descending upon an odd land where kids and adults alike researchers to identify, quantify, and understand, as modern frolic with mice, dogs, and ducks? I lived it in early April Earthlings resuscitate ancestral knowledge, this time, however, 2019. And while the complete scene was rather daunting, a bolstering anecdote with scientific fact. Mahmoud ElSohly, specific happening beckoned like a revival. The occasion was Ph.D. has contributed a decent chunk of the available scientific the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. The literature on cannabis chemistry, and so, it was inspiring to city was none other than Orlando, Florida. And while hordes see ElSohly pass the proverbial torch to the awardees, whose flocked to vacate