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Dr. Jeffrey C. Raber

Founder, CEO and Chief Visionary Officer · The Werc Shop

Dr. Jeffrey C. Raber is the founder, CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of The Werc Shop, the parent laboratory behind Entour Brand. He holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in biochemistry from Lebanon Valley College. He has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed cannabis chemistry research published in JAMA, the Journal of Toxicology and the Journal of Natural Products, holds nine US patents covering terpene compositions and cannabinoid formulations, and has provided invited senate testimony in Pennsylvania and Oregon to help shape medical cannabis legislation.

Dr. Jeffrey C. Raber, Ph.D.

Education

Training in chemistry

1997 – 2002

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry

University of Southern California

Advisor: Prof. Nicos A. Petasis

Dissertation: Design and synthesis of novel heterocycles and peptidomimetics from organoboronic acids, amines and carbonyl compounds. Award: Harold and Lillian Moulton Fellowship.

1993 – 1997

B.S. Biochemistry

Lebanon Valley College

Awards: Vickroy Scholarship, Andrew and Ruth Bender Scholarship, Who's Who in College Students, USA Today All-USA Academic Team, AIC Outstanding Achievement in Biochemistry. Research: molecular modeling and phylogenetic analysis of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase.

Career

Twenty years of building chemistry companies

  1. 2010 – Present

    The Werc Shop, LLC

    Founder, CEO and CVO

    Responsible for corporate vision, product development and commercialization of The Werc Shop's service offerings and technologies for medical cannabis and other sustainable chemistry markets.

  2. 2004 – Present

    KinetiChem, Inc.

    President and Board Member

    Oversight of the research, development and commercialization of KinetiChem's continuous flow microreactor technology platform in the fine chemical and pharmaceutical markets.

  3. 2002 – 2005

    Avrion Molecular, Inc.

    Director of Product Development

    Responsible for research, development and commercialization of Avrion's proprietary reaction methodology and technology transfer to third-party manufacturers for first commercial product launches.

The science behind every Entour blend

Entour is a division of The Werc Shop. Every formulation, every cultivar fingerprint, and every True To Plant® blend is built on the chemistry Dr. Raber and his team have developed since 2010.