Dr. Raber received his B.S. in biochemistry from Lebanon Valley College, PA and
subsequently a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Southern California
with an emphasis on developing new synthetic methodologies useful in pharmaceutical
drug discovery and manufacturing efforts. Dr. Raber studied botanical phylogenetic
relationships based on the RuBisCO enzyme’s evolution while in college and was
named to the USA Today 1997 All-USA College Academic Team for his research
accomplishments in this area. Dr. Raber entered cannabis in 2010 and has published 5
peer-reviewed articles on cannabis topics. Dr. Raber has been invited to lecture about
cannabis around the world, holds multiple patents on cannabis-based technologies,
particularly pertaining to terpenes, and is often sought out by the press to comment on
topics as he is recognized as one of the industry's scientific thought leaders.
