Meet Our Students
Data Journalists
These Lowe Institute research assistants (RAs) serve as our data journalists for the Lowe Down blog, producing original research on timely economic and public policy issues and publishing in-depth articles about their findings on our blog. Meet our 2024-2025 data journalism team!

Aaria Chandwani '27

Sybel Francois '25

Ishita Gupta '27

Sofia Hofmann '27

Sol Kim '27

Abizer Mamnoon '25

David Mathias '25

Mea Shelton '27

Dhriti Sonthalia '27

Kimaya Tandon '27

Leonora Willett '25

Noah Hendelman '25
Senior Student Manager

Armine Kardashyan '26
Junior Student Manager
Forecast Team
The Lowe Institute’s forecast team creates ongoing economic reports and an annual State of the Region forecast focused on the Inland Empire in Southern California. On the team, Lowe Institute student research assistants get to work under the guidance and supervision of Manfred Keil, Lowe Institute Associate Director and the chief economist for the Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP), to produce this important regional economic research and analysis. Meet the RAs on our forecast team!

Michael Ma '25

Claire Meier-Scherling '25

Arlo Jay '26
Junior Student Manager

Ivan Kolesnikov '25
Senior Student Manager

Matthew Aved '25

Sun Young Byun '26

Yu-Chi (Yunnie) Cheng '27

Elia Ching '27

Langcheng (Laura) Zhou POM '26

Violet Henderson '25

Suchen Hou '27

Nancy Li '27

Ethan Sattley '26

Ishaan Singru '27

Luke Young '27
Faculty RAs

Yishu (Shirley) Fang '26
RA - Rosett

Grego Garavaglio
RA - Shelton

Natalie Holert '27
RA - Shelton

Samuel Johnson-Saeger
RA - Lincoln

Jian (Athena) Ke '26
RA - Cardova

Zehao Li '27
RA - Pears

Chengqi Ma '28
RA - Cardova

Lucy Meza '26
RA - Shelton

Ragini Mohan '27
RA - Uamanath

Andrew Rizko '26
RA - Garin

Annika Johnson '26
RA - Lincoln

Claire Meier-Scherling
RA - Kelly

Jasper Datta '26
RA - Pears
Social Media Coordinators

Deborah Aguirre '28

Natalia Mathias '27
Learn About Our Student Opportunities
Learn more about the research opportunities we have available for students at the five Claremont Colleges.