Kyle Boyle

is a scientist with a background in neuroscience, microbiology, and analytical chemistry with over a decade of experience in the science of cannabis. He has continuously been on the forefront of the field having been employed by numerous reputable cannabis testing firms including SC Laboratories, Medicinal Genomics, TagLeaf LIMS, and the reference lab for the State of California at UC San Diego. He also previously served as Vice Chair of the American Chemical Society’s Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision (CANN) and as Chair of the ElSohly Award, the first scholarship of its kind for cannabis scientists.

 As a public speaker, Kyle has spoken at numerous leading cannabis conferences such as Emerald Conference, MJ Unpacked, CannMed, Cannabis Science Conference, and the Institute of Cannabis Research. He has also been featured on PBS NOVA and hosted as a guest lecturer at numerous educational institutions including UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, New York University, and the University of Minnesota.

 Kyle is currently employed as an International Field Application Scientist with Bio-Rad Laboratories and leads the field efforts for cannabis with the Food Science Division in North America. He also serves as a Board Member for the National Registry of Certified Chemists (NRCC) and as an educator with Curious About Cannabis.

Melissa Wilcox 

received her BSc in biology and environmental science from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI).  In her 25-year career in the field of analytical chemistry, she has served in R&D, marketing, sales, and tech service roles. She is currently the Global Sales and Market Development Manager for Regis Technologies, a chromatography supplier to a broad range of industries. She has more than 20 years’ experience in chromatographic analysis and purification and is a named inventor on a patent for Evaporative Light Scattering Detection technology.  She serves on many scientific organizations’ cannabis committees including ASTM, AOAC, ACS (Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision), and AHPA, and has served as a consultant to the cannabis industry. In her spare time, she coaches her daughter’s soccer team and volunteers with Girl Scouts.  

Jerry King

An ACS member for 60 years and is currently an Emeritus ACS member.  Over this period of time, he has been active in 7 ACS divisions, publishing in numerous ACS journals & proceedings, and organized many sessions and symposia at national meetings, as well as being recognized with several ACS-sponsored awards.  He is an ACS Divisional Fellow in the AGFD and IEC divisions.   A record of these activities and his professional profile can be found at: www.cfsjerryking.com.  Currently he is a R & D/ consultant at CFS-LLC which is based in Fayetteville, AR-USA.

Dr King’s Cannabis Chemistry (CANN) activities over the past 15 years have consisted of 10 publications in the field, 6 webinars (including CANN Journal Club), 23 invited presentations, 15 conference talks, 6-organized meeting sessions, 13 educational initiatives (in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Colombia, South Korea) – including multi-lecture short courses.  For this cannabis/hemp activity profile he was selected for a ElSohly Award in 2021.  He has also been an invited speaker at all of the major cannabis/hemp-themed conferences, an initial gold-level sponsor of the CANN sub-division, and member of AOAC, AOCS, AIChE, and IFT,

Hannah Yocum, PHD

Received her BS in chemistry from Wofford College, MS in chemical engineering from Bucknell University, and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California Irvine. She is now an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. Hannah has a deep interest in cannabis science and growing practices. She has a small CBD hemp farm supplying CBD products to her local area. At Bucknell, Hannah has started a cannabis research lab and has sponsored senior capstone design projects investigating cannabis growing practices. 

Mary Beth Koza, MBA 
Executive Director of Environment, Health & Safety, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, retired.

Mary Beth Koza is the retired Executive Director of the Department of Environment, Health & Safety for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as of 11/2019.  She currently is working part-time as an EHS Advisor for UNC System. She has 40 years’ experience in the environment, health, and safety field, and was previously the Director of EHS at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Chemistry from Kean University and an MBA in Pharmaceutical Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Mary Beth Koza has been a member of D-CHAS since 1986 and has served as the division’s treasurer for the last six years.   She is a CHAS Fellow, member of the ACS Committee on Science and the Past -Chair of the NC Local Section of the ACS.