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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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 Datesort descending
Craig Aspinwall
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Yes
For Credit
basic understanding of the European Middle Ages, motivation, passion
Other
David Sand
Astronomy
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Enthusiasm!
Tucson main campus
Jiang Wu
East Asian Studies
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Geography, East Asia, GIS, graphic design, spanish, statistics, computer, website management, social media specialists, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Tucson main campus
Jiahuai Hu
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Minkyu Kim
Materials Science and Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ravi Goyal
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jekan Thangavelautham
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Urs Utzinger
Biomedical Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
introductory course in programming
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
Tommi Koskinen
Planetary Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Algebra, differential equations, computer programming
Tucson main campus
Edward Gelmann
Medicine
Yes
Paid
chemistry biochemistry
Tucson main campus
Noshene Ranjbar
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Online
Laurent Martin
Anesthesiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Tomas Cerny
Systems and Industrial Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Object-oriented design Ideally, knowledge of databases, javascript, code analysis, spring, cloud native
Tucson main campus
Rebecca Schomer
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
UBRP
Tucson main campus
Amit Algotar
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson off-campus
Edward Wellman
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Paid
None
Tucson main campus
Timothy Ottusch
The Norton School of Human Ecology
Yes
For Credit
Honors Thesis Students
Tucson main campus
Sigrid Williams
Pharmacology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Andrew Wessman
Materials Science and Engineering
Yes
Paid
Ability to operate machinery and perform manual labor for laboratory tasks
Tucson main campus
Elena Plante
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
There are opportunities for students at different levels. Task-related training is provided.
Tucson main campus
Sean Fleming
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
quantum mechanics
Tucson main campus
Samuel Campos
Immunobiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson off-campus
Lisa Nagy
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
MCB 181
Tucson main campus