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Dr. John MacKay

Toronto, May 27-29, 2024

We are look forward to hosting our 9th Conference and Expo just minutes from the airport at the Delta by Marriott Toronto Airport Convention Centre. Don't miss out on Canada's largest collection of growers, retailers and brands.

Dr. John MacKay

Edmonton, AB, September 29 - Oct. 1, 2024

We are look forward to hosting our 10th Conference and Expo downtown at the Edmonton Convention Centre. Don't miss out on Canada's largest collection of growers, retailers and brands.

Previous Speaking Engagements at Grow Up:
2021 Niagara Falls

Dr. John MacKay

John MacKay, Ph.D. is known for his insightful analogies that bring complex chemistry to everyday activities that we do every day.  From making coffee and tea to cleaning our clothes to counting colored candies and rescuing dogs from neighbors with walking sidewalks.  Without trivializing the important science or making the easy facts seem impossible to learn, everyone leaves his classes to make scientific and business decisions.

John A. MacKay earned a B.A. in Chemistry from St. Lawrence University (SLU) and a Ph.D. from the University of Vermont (UVM) in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry.  After positions teaching at Davidson College, Lyndon State College, and University of Vermont (UVM), John joined Waters Corporation in 1983.

Dr. MacKay founded Synergistic Technologies Associates, LLC, which has helped many major brands optimize their extrication processes operations based on Six Sigma principles.

With the expertise and desire to spread the science throughout the industry, John has taken on roles as a contributing journalist and science editor for Terpenes and Testing Magazine and was the editor of the first issues of Extraction Magazine and now is contributing journalist and scientific advisor.    He has also been appointed the Educator Assistant Professor on the Volunteer Pathway, Department of Pharmacology at the Robert Larner, MD College of Medicines.

John A. MacKay, Ph.D.

www.synergistictechassociates.com

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