Prior to joining Artcan as the Chief Cultivation Officer, Michael Thompson was the Director of Science and Technology and Chief Grower and Co-Founder of the fastest growing dispensary in the state of Colorado, Emerald Fields. Michael is responsible for one of the largest single cultivations in Colorado at an outdoor farm spanning over 350,000 square feet. As an undergraduate student, he studied Biology and Chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington. In graduate school, he studied biomedical science at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Ft. Worth. He is also a Certified Surgical Technologist.