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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Samlan |
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Tian-Chyi Yeh |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
numeric, fluid mechanics, hwr516, hwr535, hwr 645
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Malcolm Hughes |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Daniel Apai |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
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
|
|
| Christina Laukaitis |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Genetics
|
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| Donald Falk |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Koenraad Van Doorslaer |
Immunobiology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| David Margolis |
Orthopedic Surgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Monica Ramirez |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ethical hard-worker creative
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Chi Zhou |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Knowledge or strong interest in molecular biology, cell biology, and/or reproductive physiology is a plus.
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| William Killgore |
Psychiatry
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Martha Whitaker |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
The only prerequisite for the class is Calculus I
|
Other
|
|
| Alejandro Salado Diez |
Systems and Industrial Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Coding VR environments for Occulus Quest (Unity)
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Alicia Allen |
Family and Community Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Lucinda Rankin |
Physiology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
member of honors college, 2nd semester junior or senior status.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Elaine Norton |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Katherine Rhodes |
Immunobiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Yin Chen |
Pharmacology and Toxicology
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Funded by E-H-TRUE research training grant from NIEHS
|
Other
|
|
| Joseph Hoover |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Interest in developing skills in environmental justice; trans-disciplinary and team science projects; community engagement; GIS and spatial analysis; water quality and water resources
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kamel Didan |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
Data Science, Programming (Python), Image processing
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Erich Varnes |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
|
| Charles Stafford |
Physics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Phys 371
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| John Allen |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Arvinder Sandhu |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Intro Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 241/261 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|