Alexander G.

About Alexander G.

I am a lab automation professional that has worked in the oligonucleotide production field for over 7 years, and has recently moved into the NGS field. As an Automation Engineer, I strive to develop new methods, processes and implement process improvements using DoE, system modeling, and statistical methods.

Experience

1. Senior Lab Process Automation Engineer

   Personalis, Inc.

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Mentor junior Automation Engineers on troubleshooting Hamilton instruments and integrated devices.Designed and conducted a CO-RE II tip validation plan that required coding custom test methods. Wrote and presented a validation report summarizing deviations, results, and the conclusion.Worked on automated enrichment methods.Utilized Hamilton Liquid Verification Kit (LVK) to create, optimize, and verify new and existing liquid classes.Created a custom Hamilton Heater Shaker (HHS) library to check initialization success, and monitor HHS heating.Implemented Comfort Lid handling with iSWAP and CORE Paddles.Performed HHS temperature verification with labware.Installed and configured LVK on new Hamilton instruments.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Bachelor of Science, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

  2009 — 2013