Director of R&D

Mr. Parslow has 20 years of experience in a variety of plant extraction industries including design, construction, start-up and management of such facilities.

Prior to being recruited by BioExx, Mr. Parslow was Operations Manager for Paxis Extraction Ltd., in Shippagan, NB where he was a senior member of a team that was responsible for the design, construction and start-up of a paclitaxel extraction facility. Following start-up, he was directly responsible for process improvements and the optimization of a counter-current extraction processes.

Prior to that, he spent almost ten years as Vice President and Plant Manager for Arkion Life Sciences which was involved in the extraction and processing of chitin and chitosan from shellfish which was used in the nutraceutical industry. Arkion was a joint venture between private investors and E.I. Dupont.

Mr. Parslow also spent several years with the New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council where he was directly involved in co-ordination and direction of Analytical Protocols for residue and spray drift studies, residue extraction and analysis by GC and HPLC, design and installation of equipment and training of personnel for use of hazardous chemicals in manufacturing facilities and the design of relational databases for inventory, production and QA/QC data including reports.

Mr. Parslow has a B.Sc. in Chemistry with Electives in Business and Economics, from U.P.E.I., Charlottetown, P.E.I., and a B.Sc.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, from University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.