Amanda Parkes

Dr. Amanda Parkes is a fashion scientist with over 15 years of experience in fashion innovation, sustainability, biofabrication, wearable technology, interaction design and smart materials spanning research, development, and product commercialization for start ups and major tech and fashion companies. She is currently the Chief Innovation Officer of Pangaia, a material science company building a sustainable future in fashion and lifestyle products. She received a PhD & M.S. in Tangible Media from the MIT Media Lab and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.A. in Art History from Stanford University. She has been named to the Business of Fashion 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry, Vanity Fair’s 8 Wildest Women of Silicon Valley, The Glossy 50: Fashion’s Digital Front Runners, and as one of Alleywatch’s 10 Most Influential People in Fashion Technology.