Previous Speaking Engagements at Grow Up:
2021 Niagara Falls

Samantha Strauser

Samantha Strauser is a high energy product manager who after graduating with a biology degree found herself spending years in the analytical lab before moving into pilot-scale chromatographic purification aka, prep SFC (supercritical fluid chromatography). Samantha takes great pride in her work as the liaison between the analytical lab, R&D, engineering and sales teams. After leading the purification team, Samantha found herself on a new team as a co-founder of Thar subsidiary, Upcycle Cannabinoids. In another promotion, Samantha moved into both product manager for SFC technology and Upcycle products. She achieves success by using her knowledge of pilot / industrial-scale SFC to enlighten the natural medicines industry about this sustainable and more cost-efficient purification technology.