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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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 Datesort descending
Lisa Nagy
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
MCB 181
Tucson main campus
Robin Polt
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
We ONLY accept Freshmen and Sophomores.
Tucson main campus
Mary Wildner-Bassett
German Studies
Yes
For Credit
Upper division undergraduate course status.
Tucson main campus
Laird Close
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
some knowledge of basic optics desirable.
Tucson main campus
Jia Hu
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jiahuai Hu
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Rebecca Vanderpool
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
No prerequisites are necessary but knowledge of the cardiovascular systems and physiology is helpful. Experience with computer programming and statistics (working with Matlab and R) is also helpful but not necessary.
Tucson main campus
Tai Kong
Physics
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jekan Thangavelautham
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Melville Wohlgemuth
Neuroscience
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Not necessary.
Tucson main campus
Stephen Kukolich
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Experience with instrumentation, electronics computers or programming desirable.
Tucson main campus
Kavan Hazeli
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Kellen Chen
Surgery
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Hendrikus Granzier
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
I currently have 3 undergraduate students.
Tucson main campus
Francesca Vitali
Neurology
Yes
Not given
Good Programming skills in either Python, R or Matlab. Background in machine learning and statistics preferred.
Tucson main campus
Rozhin Yasaei
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Programming
Tucson main campus
Brett Colson
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None required
Tucson main campus
Janet Funk
Medicine
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Majid Beidaghi
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Programming skills in Python. A background/interest in machine learning is preferred.
Tucson main campus
Ibrahim Fatkullin
Mathematics
Yes
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
Goggy Davidowitz
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ying-Hui Chou
Psychology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Dong-Chul Pyun
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus