About
World class innovators.
The Werc Shop is dedicated to assisting licensed cannabis businesses to innovate and produce high-quality products that entrepreneurs can depend on and trust. Our Ph.D.s and scientists have over 100 years of combined experience studying cannabis and formulating products.
Dr Jeffrey C. Raber, Ph.D.
Dr Raber received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Southern California with a focus on developing new synthetic organic methodologies, completing the degree in under five years and earning the Harold and Lillian Moulton Fellowship.
He studied plant phylogenetics of the RuBisCO enzyme while taking his B.S. in Biochemistry at Lebanon Valley College, and was named to the USA Today 1997 All-USA College Academic Team for that research. He was also an early mover in the internet service provider market, helping found a local provider in 1995.
After USC he joined a start-up as Director of Product Development, creating new molecular scaffolds for pharmaceutical investigation and transferring proprietary reaction methodology to a production partner. He later joined a chemical reactor technology company as Chief Chemist, becoming Vice President, then President, and a member of its Board.
Recognizing a need for quality control and assurance in California’s medical cannabis market, he formulated the concept for the analytical testing laboratory that became The Werc Shop. He holds multiple patents, has published several peer-reviewed articles, and is widely considered a leading expert on the chemistry of cannabis.
Where we came from
2010
Founded by Dr Raber as an independent cannabis testing laboratory in Southern California.
2014
Expanded into standardization and private label branding services for medical cannabis products.
Today
Formulation, consulting and the scientific backend powering a network of operators and brands.
The laboratory, and the brand it launched.
The Werc Shop® remains the laboratory: analysis, formulation, standardization and consulting. Terpene product sales and formulation services now sit with Entour™, the brand we established for exactly that purpose.