Dr. Sherman Hom is the Director of Regulatory Affairs at Medicinal Genomics Corporation (MGC) that markets genetics-based cannabis tests and breeding technologies. At MGC, Sherman provides recommendations to cannabis regulatory agency officials that are tasked with drafting and/or modifying cannabis, hemp, and psychedelic mushroom microbial testing regulations to ensure safe products for patients and consumers. He is a member of the AOAC Cannabis Science Program, ASTM International D37 Cannabis Committee, Association of Food and Drug Officials Cannabis Committee, National Cannabis Laboratory Council, and the Colorado Public Health and Environment Cannabis Science and Policy Forum. Before MGC, he worked at the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Public Health & Environmental Laboratories for 21+ years as a Program Manager of various clinical diagnostic testing units, which included the Cannabis Laboratory Microbial Testing Laboratory. Sherman received his B.A in Biology from the University of California at San Diego, PhD in Microbiology from the University of California at Davis, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Genetics at The John Hopkins University.