Paula Santamaria Soto

• Coordinated Global Projects across multiple site and external partners - managing timelines, budgets and risk to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. • Acted as Single Point of Contact for cross-site teams - including costumer visits, external labs and business stakeholders - scientific and business alignment. • Led end-to-end Project Execution from conception to launch - ensuring operational readiness, stakeholder alignment and risk mitigation. • Managed External Vendor Relationships - negotiate scope,

• Drove process improvement initiatives - integrating tools and workflows to improve efficiency and traceability - reducing cycle time by 15%. • Prepared and presented dashboards to senior management - supporting data-driven decisions on project priorisation and resource allocation. • Coordinated cross-departmental projects - aligning timelines, deliverables, and resources across engineering, QC, QA and IT teams. • Managed stakeholder communication - ensuring alignment - with a focus on big-picture flow.

Tasks in the Strain Development team and supporting the USP & DSP teams included: • Planned and Executed lab-scale processes - managing timelines, resources and quality control - with focus on operational readiness. • Carrying out and Evaluating the relevant analytics (HPLC, automated ELISA, Pipetting-robots, Gel-electrophoresis, Enzyme-based assays, PCRs) • Managed Data and Reporting - ensuring accuracy, traceability and compliance. • Responsibility for equipment and GMP Quality Systems (iLAB, LIMS, DMS,.

Photographer for the Hot Trail Series. MTB Downhill Swiss Competition

Aspergillus niger: Bacterial Production and its Industrial Applications Tasks include: - Carrying out and Evaluating the relevant analytics (HPLC, Gel-electrophoresis, Assays) - Summarize and Presentation of Results (written reports, PP presentations) - Responsability for equipment - Laboratory Supervision - Training New Employees/Trainees

Football Photographer for Female 1st National League

Molecular Biology Technician within ALFFA Project on endocrine disruption in fish related to efflux of sewage treatment plants Tasks include: - Carrying out and Evaluating the relevant analytics (Gel-electrophoresis, PCR, qPCR,...) - Responsability for equipment

Surf Camp & School Photographer.

Interreg-Project about the eco-toxicology of the rivers in the south Tyrol, Alps. - Field Sampling - Molecular Biology Analytics (PCR, qPCR) - Water-Chemistry Analytics (heavy metals detection,...) - Remediation Plans Proposal

Surf and Camp Photographer and Videographer. Managing Social Media accounts and Website

Master of Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Immunobiology

Within the Programm Erasmus+. One year stay as a Marine Biologist Bachelor Student