CASP AOAC 2022 Annual Meeting

Scott G. Coates, Senior Director, AOAC Research Institute

Scott was appointed as the Senior Director of the AOAC Research Institute on July 1, 2018. He is responsible for daily management of and business development for the AOAC Research Institute, a division of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. The AOAC Research Institute administers the Performance Tested Methods (PTM) and Reviewed and Recognized (R 2 ) programs. Scott was a founder of the Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) that was established in 2019 by the AOAC INTERNATIONAL. CASP was founded to provide a scientific forum to: create standards for methods; discuss the performance of methods; and feed methods into the PTM, R 2 , and Official Methods programs. CASP also oversees the development of training programs, and identifies

analytes for the AOAC Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program . Scott served as the Chief Science Officer from 2009 until June 2018. In this capacity, he served as the technical lead for many AOAC projects. Scott led the writing and development of Appendix F in the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL that describes validation requirements and the development of Standard Method Performance Requirements. Before joining AOAC, he worked for 10 years as the Operations Manager for an in-vitro diagnostic manufacturer making medical test kits such as Strep tests and specialized bacterial culture media. Scott holds a B.S. in Microbiology (1978) and a M.S. in Biotechnology Management (1994) from the University of Maryland.

Sherman Hom, Ph.D., Medicinal Genomics

Dr. Sherman Hom is the Director of Regulatory Affairs at Medicinal Genomics Corporation that markets genetics-based cannabis tests and breeding technologies. At MGC, Sherman provides recommendations to regulatory officials that are tasked with drafting or modifying cannabis, hemp, and psychedelic mushroom required microbial testing regulations to ensure safe products for patients and consumers. Previously, he was at the New Jersey Public Health & Environmental Laboratories, where he led teams that started the Cannabis Testing Laboratory, the Cannabis Microbial Testing Unit, and created the compendium of the all States Medical Cannabis Program required testing regulations database.

Sherman received his PhD in Microbiology at the University of California at Davis.