UA Researchers
Note: This database is a list of faculty who welcome undergraduate students into their research projects. It is up to faculty to keep this list updated.
Note: To select more than one Research Location, please hold down your control key while clicking a selection.
Students may also search for research positions, events, and opportunities in Handshake.
Faculty Members: For more information on updating your information in the faculty database please visit ur.arizona.edu/update. For help listing active undergraduate research opportunities in Handshake, contact Kelley Merriam-Castro at kmerriam@arizona.edu.
Note: To select more than one Research Location, please hold down your control key while clicking a selection.
Students may also search for research positions, events, and opportunities in Handshake.
Faculty Members: For more information on updating your information in the faculty database please visit ur.arizona.edu/update. For help listing active undergraduate research opportunities in Handshake, contact Kelley Merriam-Castro at kmerriam@arizona.edu.
| Name |
Department |
Offering Research Opportunities? | Types of Opportunities | Prereqs | Research Location | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Varnes |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
|
| Charles Stafford |
Physics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Phys 371
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Arvinder Sandhu |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Intro Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 241/261 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kenneth Johns |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Generally junior or senior Physics or ECE majors are preferred
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Johann Rafelski |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Senior Year, some exceptional case Junior
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Eduardo Rozo |
Physics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Excellent GPA
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| John Rutherfoord |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sean Fleming |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
quantum mechanics
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Tai Kong |
Physics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Charles Wolgemuth |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Weigang Wang |
Physics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Haijiang Cai |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Nicholas Strausfeld |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Konrad Zinsmaier |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ulises Ricoy |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Martha Bhattacharya |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Team-based research through an course-based format (Vertically Integrated Project). Applications due mid-semester for enrollment in the subsequent semester. Please go to Dr. Bhattacharya's website or uavip.arizona.edu for most current information.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Melville Wohlgemuth |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Not necessary.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Malcolm Hughes |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Chicheng Zhang |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
undergraduate probability and statistics, basic programming, algorithm design
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Beichuan Zhang |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sazzadur Rahaman |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jason Pacheco |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Having taken and passed a statistics or probability course. Having taken and passed Calculus and Linear Algebra courses. Some Python and/or Matlab programming experience. Having taken and passed an introductory machine learning course such as CSC 480 / CSC 380 or equivalent.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joshua Levine |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None mandatory, but CSC 433 or 444 experience preferred, as well as programming experience in general.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Brenda Frye |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Edward Prather |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Astro 170B1
|
Tucson main campus
|