YURY A. ASTUDILLO REYES

• Accountable for the operation, troubleshooting, and periodic maintenance of twenty-five analytical instruments, including GC, LC, Balance, ICP-IOS, FTIR, UV-Vis, TOC, Hydrogen Generators, and titrators.
• Successfully facilitated the delivery of 23 million pounds of product between 2022 and 2023 by ensuring optimal instrument performance and minimal downtime.
• Utilized LC, GC, and other quantification equipment for accurate and efficient data transfer.
• Regularly updated methodologies for each analysis, ensuring alignment with sampling points and production stages, culminate in high-quality final products.
• Collaborated closely with production operators to ensure seamless data integration and process optimization.
• Provided round-the-clock support for all plants, overseeing the entire production process from raw material development to final product delivery.
• Developed and implemented strategies to enhance analytical quality processes, safety parameters, and necessary training at each production stage.
• Conducted comprehensive inventory checks in each laboratory under my responsibility, including instruments, supplies, consumables, reagents, and standards.
• Managed the primary and secondary standards used in the Quality Department’s laboratories, ensuring their existence and validating their purity (%), thereby maintaining the integrity and accuracy of analytical results

• Conducted assessments of Maize characteristics based on kernel parameters such as appearance, condition, and density per flow under the Supply Chain Seed Quality department
• Responsible for reworking and packaging Maize, verifying packaging specifications such as weight, treatment, and tag material identification

• Loaded and transported mail and packages to distribute to different Mariposa County post offices in California

• Served as a consultant in developing documentation and conducting statistical studies to validate analytical techniques by LC and GC
• Performed troubleshooting and corrective maintenance on Chromatography (LC and GC) equipment, dissolution test equipment, UV-Vis spectrophotometers, and Karl Fischer titrations
• Provided commercial support in procuring supplies such as primary grade standards, equipment spare parts, and high-quality reagents for the Colombian market

• Led the development of materials and colors for diverse construction and interior design applications
• Conducted quality control analysis of raw materials and finished products using analytical methods

• Developed and validated analytical techniques for analysis by liquid chromatography (HPLC) and spectroscopy (UV/Vis).
• Conducted routine product testing using HPLC, GC, FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, dissolution testing, titration, and gravimetric analysis (wet chemistry) to ensure the quality of finished products.
• Developed, validated, and implemented analytical techniques to optimize resources and reduce analysis times.
• Innovated by creating methodologies that minimize the environmental impact of waste produced during each stage of production and product development, ensuring sustainable laboratory practices.
• Performed preventive maintenance on laboratory instruments such as UV spectrophotometers, scales, and especially HPLC systems, checking parameters like flow, pressure, and chromatographic column performance.

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• Standardized analytical techniques to qualify and quantify molecules for different active principles
• Transferred analytical methods
• Implemented analytical methodologies by HPLC and GC
• Confirmed secondary standards for HPLC and UV-Vis spectrophotometry techniques

• Conducted routine product testing using HPLC, GC, FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, dissolution testing, titration, and gravimetric analysis (wet chemistry) to ensure the quality of finished products
• Assessed natural stability and microbiology to determine the specific expiration date of products and certify that they are free from microbiological contamination
• Performed preventive maintenance on laboratory instruments such as UV spectrophotometers, scales, and especially HPLC systems, checking parameters like flow, pressure, and chromatographic column performance
• Developed, validated, and implemented analytical techniques to optimize resources and reduce analysis times
• Innovated by creating methodologies that minimize the environmental impact of waste produced during each stage of production and product development, ensuring sustainable laboratory practices

• Conducted BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), and different parameters to determine the quality in drinking water and wastewater such as pH, hardness, alkalinity, acidity, color
• Performed pesticide analysis and determination of organophosphates compounds by HPLC
• Analyzed soil and air quality, determining different metals (Fe, Zn, Cr, Al) by Atomic Absorption and Nitrogen compounds such as Nitrates, nitrites, and oxides for titration

• Validated and implemented techniques for gas chromatography
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis of pesticides in tropical fruits and natural products
• Characterized the aromatic nature in matrices of cannabis leaves and hashish resins by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC)
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• Analyzed physico-chemical parameters in water and wastewater according to Standard Methods for the Examination of Water