LAURA SANCHEZ
Roselle,IL
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Supervisor of Tissue Services
Innoved Institute
03.2023 - Current
- Recruited, interviewed, and hired staff members offering exceptional talent and brought great skills to team.
- Lead Tissue Services team by fostering environment consistent with company's values.
- Created and managed team schedules and assignments
- Coordinated all tasks related to Incoming Tissue Logistics
- Manage entire specimen inventory and cremations per chain of custody.
- Developed and created programs and monitored effectiveness against individual participant needs.
- Oversaw staff development through in-depth trainings.
- Completed bi-weekly payroll for [Number] employees
Lead Laboratory Tissue Technician
Innoved Institute
09.2021 - 03.2023
- Prepares and ships out cremated remains to funeral home
- Trains new laboratory technicians in tissue processing and assessments
- Oversees all donor data entry
Laboratory Services and Quality Control Technician
Innoved Institute
09.2018 - 09.2021
- Maintained quality documentation and records for conformance with relevant standards.
- Collaborated with tissue services staff to improve processes, reduce error and optimize quality of specimens.
- Identified tissue quality complaints
- Performed thorough inspections of incoming and outgoing specimens
Laboratory Technician
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN
08.2016 - 05.2018
- Assesses cadaveric tissue and provides written and photographic documentation
- Assists in hosting labs for educational and training purposes
- Prepares orders for shipments
- Performs internal tissue transfers and audits for inventory, -BROWN LAB
- Performs pollination's with sorghum
- Collects field data
- Performs DNA extractions from sorghum plants
- Assists in the planting of new research fields
Education
Master of Science - Forensic Science
National University
San Diego, CA 02.2021 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Integrative Biology - Integrative Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL 08.2016 - 08.2020
Biology
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL 08.2014 - 07.2016
Skills
- Data Entry and Analysis
- Inventory Control
- Business Development
- Schedule Development
- Communication
- Staff Management
- Process Improvement
- Strategic Planning
- Policy Enforcement
- Project Management
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Training and Mentoring
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Supervisor of Tissue Services
Innoved Institute
03.2023 - Current
Lead Laboratory Tissue Technician
Innoved Institute
09.2021 - 03.2023
Master of Science - Forensic Science
National University
02.2021 - 04.2022
Laboratory Services and Quality Control Technician
Innoved Institute
09.2018 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Integrative Biology - Integrative Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
08.2016 - 08.2020
Laboratory Technician
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN
08.2016 - 05.2018
Biology
College of DuPage
08.2014 - 07.2016
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