CMCPP – Certified Medical Cannabis Program for Pharmacist

Professor Donald P. Land, Ph.D.

Professor, Chemistry, Forensic Science and Biotechnology University of California, Davis

Donald P. Land, Ph.D., is a tenured Full Professor of chemistry, forensic science, and biotechnology at the University of California, Davis since 1991. Land conducts research and publishes in the fields of analytical chemistry, biotechnology, forensic science, and solid state physics. Some of those projects are in collaboration with scientists employed at crime laboratories at local, state, and federal (including FBI, DEA, and ATF) levels. Land also designs and delivers courses in chemistry, forensic science, and good quality practices at undergraduate and graduate levels and particularly teaches the theory and practice of substance identification and quantitation and statistical treatment of such data. Land holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from UC,
Irvine (1989), and was a Humboldt Fellow at the Research Center, Jülich – a German national laboratory – in 1990-1991. The focus of Land’s doctoral and post-doctoral work was in spectroscopy (the study of the interaction of matter and radiated energy), and mass spectrometry (the study of the interaction of charged matter with electromagnetic fields to ascertain masses of atoms and molecules) and those continue to be areas of focus at present.

Dr. Land is also a Scientific Consultant in the fields of cannabis and hemp and derived products, including regulation, testing, processing, manufacturing, delivery methods, biochemistry, and agriculture methodologies and best practices. Land has brought numerous organizations into ISO compliance in these fields. In 2010, Land co-founded Halent Scientific, an early cannabis-testing laboratory, in West Sacramento, CA. In July 2013, the Halent team joined Steep Hill. The combined companies did business under the trade name Steep Hill, where Land served as Chief Scientific Consultant. Land has evaluated products ranging from purified compounds to complex infused foods, brewed and fermented beverages, medical delivery devices, artificial lighting, soil amendments, pest deterrents, and tissue cultures. In addition to other consultancies and serving as an expert witness in a wide variety of civil and criminal jurisdictions. Land is on the Steering Committee for the newly established (summer, 2019) UC Davis Cannabis and Hemp Research Center and, in May 2020, was voted the number one “Analytical Guru” in cannabis analysis by the trade journal The Cannabis Scientist in their “The Cannabis Scientist Power List 2020” (https://thecannabisscientist.com/power-list/2020) and recognized as a Top FIve Cannabis “Analytical Hero” in their 2021 Power List (https://thecannabisscientist.com/power-list/2021).

Dr. Land has provided testimony, declarations and advice to attorneys and lawmakers in numerous countries on six continents, over a dozen U.S. states, and dozens of counties and municipalities in reference to cases involving controlled substances, patent infringement, and matters related to regulation of controlled substances. Land has testified in court on numerous
occasions as an expert witness regarding scientific evidence interpretation. Land also served as a reviewer for the textbook Scientific Evidence, Edward J. Imwinkelried, a textbook cited twice by The Supreme Court of the United States of America in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. Land has also served as reviewer of grant proposals for government and non-government funding agencies and of publications for numerous scientific journals.