Current Research Assistants

Meet Our Students

Economic Journalists

These Lowe Institute research assistants (RAs) serve as our economic 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 2023-2024 economic journalism team!

Armine Kardashyan '26

Jennifer Lim '25

Meghna Pamula '25

Rachel Supnick '26

Aryan Totawat '24

Abizer Mamnoon '25

Junior Student Manager

Derik Suria '24

Senior Student Manager

Economic Journalists not pictured: Eman Hamid '24, Meraal Hasan '25, Kiara Jacob '26, Patrick Oh '25

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!