Parisa Hamilton

Parisa oversees the product development operations at Velocity which includes management of laboratory spaces, resources, and workflows within a multi-disciplinary environment.
She provides mentorship and support to start-up founders in their product development roadmaps to reach technical milestones that align their business milestones.
Parisa is Velocity’s Biosafety Officer, who is responsible for managing and controlling biological activities.
Prior to joining Velocity, she worked as a project coordinator at the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, facilitating a “Needs-first” Biomedical graduate program as well as managing several interdisciplinary collaborative projects between academic and hospital partners.
Parisa has led several research projects in collaboration with medtech startups in Biomedical device design and development during her postdoc at the University of Waterloo.
Her PhD thesis in Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology) was on developing peptide-based therapeutic nano-carriers for anticancer drug delivery systems.
She strives to provide scientific support to startups with disruptive technologies and to facilitate a collaborative environment for accelerated product development.
What interests Parisa Staying inspired and curious about people, design, technology and nature.
Outside of work she spends the majority of her time with her family, playing board games, practicing Yoga, sketching, and reading.