Louis Balas is an Undergraduate Researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder, finishing his Bachelor of Arts in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He previously worked at Charlotte’s Web as an R&D associate, where he worked on developing analytical solutions for the analysis of their hemp products. Currently, he is looking to pursue a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, where he hopes to apply his analytical chemistry background to researching the biosynthesis of natural products.