Alexander R.
Sr Automation Engineer i @Geno
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WORK HISTORY
Sr Automation Engineer i @Geno
San Diego, CA, US
Lead architect of lab automation platforms across metabolic engineering and strain development teams, tripling throughput per scientist via multi-instrument workflows.Resolve automation failures (hardware/software/protocol) within 24 hours to maintain >95% uptime across robotics fleet.Design and deploy end-to-end systems for high-throughput strain phenotyping, multi-omics workflows, and biochemistry assay pipelines.Spearhead development of new VWorks scripts and Python-based data interfaces to enhance experiment reproducibility and scalability.Serve as cross-functional liaison between automation, molecular biology, and operations teams to ensure successful pilot-to-scale transitions.
EDUCATION
LeTourneau University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering - Biomedical Concentration
LeTourneau University
Bachelor's Degree, Chemistry - Biological Concentration
ABOUT ALEXANDER R.
Automation engineer and synthetic biology with 11 years of experience driving high-throughput R&D in strain engineering, metabolic pathway development, and bio-industrial process optimization. At Geno, I lead and build multi-instrument automation platforms tailor-made to quintuple scientific throughput, integrating robotics with custom python and JS scripting to deliver scalable, error-resilient workflows. My career spans synthetic biology, data analysis, and lab infrastructure development - from CRISPR editing to adaptive automation in high-volume microbial screening.I thrive at the intersection of biology and engineering, where scale, precision and creative problem solving meet.
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