Professor Hastings is an operations biotech executive and entrepreneurial ecosystem builder with over 15 years of experience with early-stage biotech/medtech and medical device companies, specifically with expertise in working with academic and first-time founders. She has led operations in executive management roles at early-stage biotech companies. Professor Hastings co-founded and is the Executive Director of CvilleBioHub, a private nonprofit organization that runs the Commonwealth BioAccelerator at North Fork Discovery Park. Professor Hastings is Track Director of the M.S. in Commerce's Biotech Track and adjunct faculty member in the UVA McIntire School of Commerce. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia.