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.
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Name	Department	Offering Research Opportunities?	Types of Opportunities	Prereqs	Research Location
David Sand	Astronomy	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Enthusiasm!	Tucson main campus
Laird Close	Astronomy	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	some knowledge of basic optics desirable.	Tucson main campus
Feryal Ozel	Astronomy	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	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
Christopher Impey	Astronomy	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Depends on the project. Projects include working on science literacy, astronomy pedagogy, the use of machine learning to detect science misinformation on the web, and building massive open online classes, or MOOCs.	Tucson main campus
Philip Hinz	Astronomy	Yes	Paid Volunteer	None	Tucson main campus
Albrecht Classen	German Studies	Yes	For Credit	basic understanding of the European Middle Ages, motivation, passion	Other
Mary Wildner-Bassett	German Studies	Yes	For Credit	Upper division undergraduate course status.	Tucson main campus
Kenneth McAllister	Humanities Administration	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None.	Tucson main campus
Robert Groves	Religious Studies and Classics	Yes	For Credit	Greek 202 or higher.	Tucson main campus
Jon Pelletier	Geosciences	Yes	Paid	Programming	Tucson main campus
Mark Barton	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Physical Geology	Tucson main campus
Eric Kiser	Geosciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	GEOS 322	Tucson main campus
Jessica Tierney	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Ananya Mallik	Geosciences	Yes	Paid For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Anthony Jull	Geosciences	Yes	For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Kaustubh Thirumalai	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Strong interest in ocean science and paleontology.	Tucson main campus
Joellen Russell	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Calculus, Introduction to Oceanography	Tucson main campus
Diane Thompson	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	At least one lab-based course	Tucson off-campus
Andrew Cohen	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	N/A	Tucson main campus
Robert Downs	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Paul Kapp	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Stephen Cowen	Psychology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Rebecca Gomez	Psychology	Yes	For Credit	Minimum GPA 3.0, students must be available during the summer for 9-12 hr/week to train and must commit to 2 semesters of research the following year with ample availability during the week for testing children (9 hr/week). We take applications at our lab website annually in April. Learn more at https://www.childcognitionlab.arizona.edu/students	Tucson main campus

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