Sonita Koenig

She/Her/Hers

Advance Coder - Training AI at Remotasks

University of the People

IINSPIRE LSAMP

NALA Profile

Personal Interest

I enjoy creating new mobile or web applications, traveling, cooking, reading books, and trying new things.

Mentoring Interest

Alumni Recruitment, Attend Conferences, Host Workshops

Areas of Expertise

Grad School Process, Interviewing, Networking, Leadership Skills

Past Research

Research Assistant at IINSPIRE LSAMP, Iowa State University, Ames IA ( Oct 2020- Present) • Developing an algorithm and applying statistical analysis to rank-order lists of essential Covid-19 genes from extensive smoke and non-smoke genes microarray data sets. • Developed an algorithm and applied statically analysis to predicts the rate of infections, hospitalization, and deaths of Covid-19. IINSPIRE Internship, National Optical Astronomy Observation, Tucson, AZ (Jun 2019-Aug 2019) • Developed an algorithm to identify unusual stars from the variable stars category by mining data from the ANTARES database and apply machine learning, statistical learning, and data analytic.

Past Clubs/Organizations

- STEM club, Kirkwood community College, Executive Officer - IINSPIRE LSAMP, Kirkwood Community College and Iowa State University, Active Member - Digital Women Club, Iowa State University, Executive Officer - International Friendship Connection Club, Iowa State University, Active Member - Web Development Club, Iowa State University, Member - Computer Science and Software Engineering Club, Member