Data Engineer · Data Scientist · Policy Researcher
I'm an undergraduate data science student at Michigan State University, passionate about leveraging statistical learning and machine learning to address public policy and public health challenges. My work aims to build end-to-end data solutions to address business problems while maximizing social impact. I believe that storytelling is the most important part of the data lifecycle, and I'm committed to making my work accessible, interactive, and actionable for all audiences.
Currently open to 2027 new graduate roles in data science, data engineering, and machine learning. See my full portfolio at lowell-monis.github.io.
| Project | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| NYC 311 Service Request Analysis | AWS S3 + Athena pipeline + SageMaker AI to identify borough-level resolution inequities and classify fast vs. slow 311 complaints at intake | AWS, SQL, Python, scikit-learn |
| TikTok Integrity & Influence | Interactive Dash dashboard analyzing mis/disinformation patterns across 19k+ TikTok videos · Live | Python, Plotly Dash, pandas |
| The Dynamics Behind Exchange Rates | SARIMA forecasting of EUR/USD rates across 25 years of ECB data; predicted April 2024 rate within 0.7% | Python, pandas, statsmodels, plotly, pmdarima |
- 🚗 Incoming Data Engineering Intern at Tesla, Inc. (Passive Safety Team · Fremont Crash Lab · May 2026)
- 🔬 Researcher at JimLab — Bayesian hierarchical models for drug use epidemiology
- 🖥️ Co-Director of SpartaHack — MSU's annual hackathon, one of Michigan's largest
- 👨🏫 Supervisor at the Mathematics Learning Center and Learning Assistant across multiple departments
- 📊 Prev. Data Science Intern at Delta Dental of Michigan — ETL pipelines, MCMC analysis, XGBoost/LightGBM churn models
- 🏛️ Undergraduate Research Ambassador — promoting research opportunities at MSU
- 🏠 Resident Assistant — Residential & Hospitality Services, MSU
