Santiago Ayala

Senior Quality Control Associate

San Bruno, California, United States

About

I am an experienced Laboratory Technician with a background in quality control. I received my Bachelor's degree in Biology with an emphasis in Microbiology and Immunology from UC Merced. I am aspiring to expand my skillset and knowledge in the health sciences.

Experience

  • Twist Bioscience (Full-time · 2 yrs 2 mos)
    • Senior QC Associate
      Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • QC Associate II
      Jun 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Quality Control Associate, Bioanalytical at AmplifyBio
    Jul 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr

  • Research Technician at Pivot Bio
    Nov 2022 - Jul 2023 · 9 mos

  • Quality Control Laboratory Technician at Lucira Health
    Jan 2022 - Nov 2022 · 11 mos

    Worked as a laboratory technician within the Quality team supporting lot release, IQC, testing for process development, R&D testing, root cause analysis and other development activities. Performed seven processes under BSL-1 and BSL-2 conditions allowing sixteen different lot release and quality control of 80,000 to 120,000 units of product per lot. Trained four new hires in seven processes for lot release and quality control, resulting in quadruple of the lots released. Supported root-cause investigations related to nonconformance reports. Strong understanding of work instructions used for lot release and developed improved work instructions to increase clarification and understanding to new hires.

  • Microbiologist at Certified Laboratories, Inc.
    Apr 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos