Mona Zhu

An award-winning research scientist with 10+ years of experience in data analytics and mixed-methods research, I am passionate about storytelling with data and have a proven track record of delivering evidence-based recommendations that drive strategic decisions.

In 2023, I decided to pivot careers and pursued a Master's in Data Science to supplement the practical data experience I gained in my PhD and in my work as a Behavioural Science Consultant. I currently work as a Data Scientist at Cognitive3D, a VR/AR analytics platform.

I spend my free time working on art and aspiring to become a better drummer.

Resume | Academic CV

Skills & Tools

★ expert | ☆ experienced

Experimentation
★ reserch design ★ RCT | a/b/n testing ★ survey design / validation ★ panel studies ★ stakeholder / user interviews
Statistics
★ hypothesis testing (t-test, chi-square, ANOVA) ★ (generalized) linear models ★ mixed-effects models ★ generalized estimation equation ☆ Bayesian inferential statistics & models (MCMC using Stan) ☆ structural equation modeling (confirmatory factor analysis)
Machine Learning
Unsupervised ML ★ clustering analysis (k-means, hierarchical clustering, Gaussian mixture models) ★ PCA / factor analysis ☆ recommender systems
Supervised ML ★ linear & ensemble models ☆ (deep) neural networks ☆ computer vision

Languages
★ R (tidyverse, tidymodels, etc.) ☆ Python (pandas, sklearn, pytorch, etc.) ☆ SQL ☆ html | css | javascript
Data Vis
Graphics ★ ggplot (R) ★ altair (Python) ☆ plotly (R/Python)
Dashboarding ★ shiny (R) ★ dash (Python) ☆ plotly (R/Python)