Analysis of Cannabis

Dr. Imma Ferrer is a Research Associate at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She completed her Ph.D. at the Univesity of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) in 1999 and afterwards did a post-doc with the U.S. Geological Survey at the National Water Quality Laboratory in Denver, CO. She also worked at the University of Almeria as an Associate Researcher for 5 years. She has more than 24 years experience on developing methods for emerging contaminants using LC-MS techniques and collaborating with industry helping to improve instrumentation. Dr. Ferrer is author of more than 100 peer review papers (h-index of 48, same as her age!) and chapters and has co-edited 3 books on LC-MS and GC-MS applications for the analysis of organic contaminants in the environment. She was recently appointed as an Associate Editor of the Elsevier Journal Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry.Both, Drs Ferrer and Thurman co-founded the Center for Environmental Mass Spectrometry in 2008 at the University of Colorado where they still work as a team. Their main reward is to have a state-of-the-art laboratory with some of the best and unique analytical tools for the detection of environmental compounds, and to be a reference for the scientists working in this field. Dr. E. Michael Thurman is currently a Research Associate at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado in 1979. He is also an Emeritus Scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, where he worked on pesticide and groundwater chemistry for 30 years. His bibliography consists of more than 200 publications in environmental chemistry, including more than 150 journal articles. Dr. Thurman has published six books dedicated to the chemical analysis of pesticides and natural products, sample preparation, and liquid and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and accurate mass analysis. He is a highly cited scientist in environmental chemistry with over 17,000 citations (h-index of 64).Both, Drs Ferrer and Thurman co-founded the Center for Environmental Mass Spectrometry in 2008 at the University of Colorado where they still work as a team. Their main reward is to have a state-of-the-art laboratory with some of the best and unique analytical tools for the detection of environmental compounds, and to be a reference for the scientists working in this field.

• Current overview of methods for cannabis analysis1. Comprehensive Analytical Testing of Cannabis and Hemp2. Machine Learning Methods for Inferring Chemotype Profiles in Cannabis Sativa3. Recent analytical methodologies and strategic pharmacological applications of cannabinoids4. Analysis of cannabinoids in plants, marijuana products and biological tissues5. LC-based (UV and MS) analysis of cannabinoids6. Testing Cannabis Samples for Heavy Metal Contamination using Microwave Assisted Digestion and ICP-MS TechniquesApplications of GC-MS techniques for cannabis analysis7. State of the Art Solventless Sample Preparation Alternatives for Analytical Evaluation of the Volatile Constituents of Different Cannabis Based Products8. Quantitation of Terpenoids Using High-Temperature Headspace Sampling9. Analysis of Terpenes in Hemp by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry: Isomer Identification Analysis10. Characterizing Multiple Cannabis Compound Classes in a Single Analysis using an Optimized GCxGC-TOFMS MethodApplications of LC-MS techniques for cannabis analysis11. Using sesame seed oil to preserve and concentrate cannabinoids for paper spray mass spectrometry12. Cannabinoid Analysis using HPLC and SFC13. Cannabis and Hemp Analyzers for Improved Cannabinoid Potency, Accuracy and Reproducibility14. The Analysis of Pesticides and Cannabinoids in Plant and Extracts Using LC-MS/MS15. Marijuana Safety: Potency of Cannabinoids, Pesticide Residues, and Mycotoxin in One Analysis by LC/MS/MS16. Quantitating Cannabinoids in Edible Chocolates17. Analyses of cannabinoids in hemp oils by LC-TOF-MS18. The estimation of cannabis consumption through wastewater analysis19. GC/EI-MS and HPLC/ESI-MSn Characterization of Cannabinoids and related Compounds in Cannabis and Cannabis Products