Ryan has over 15 years experience in research and development in all aspects of natural product chemisty, including the process and the scale-up of extraction, purification, and standardization of natural products. Ryan has brought more than 20 products from bench-scale ideation to fully commercialized products in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. This includes over 20 patents involving commercial-scale extraction, purification processes, composition of matter, as well as drug delivery. In his role as CSO at Filament Health, Ryan oversees CMC development, IP generation, as well as manufacturing activities . Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Chemistry, both from the University of British Columbia.