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
Jesse Alston
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Lawrence Deluca
Emergency Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Other
Tyson Swetnam
BIO5 Institute
Yes
Paid
Computer Science Statistics Calculus
Tucson main campus
Yue Wang
Systems and Industrial Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Allison Huff
Family and Community Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
n/a
Tucson main campus
Amit Algotar
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson off-campus
Edward Wellman
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Paid
None
Tucson main campus
Christopher Cartmell
Pharmacology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kimberly J. Sierra
Tucson main campus
Brian LeRoy
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
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
Michael Riehle
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Benjamin Renquist
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson off-campus
Floyd Chilton
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Wendy Moore Brusca
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Dawn Gouge
Entomology
Yes
Volunteer
None
Other
Marvin Slepian
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Walter Betancourt
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Basic microbiology skills
Tucson off-campus
Dalal Alharthi
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Preferred interest in Cloud Computing/Security; Machine Learning; Incident Response; Vulnerability Assessment/Remediation; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Social Engineering; and Cybersecurity Education. Interdisciplinary Research opportunities are available in the intersection between the area of Cybersecurity and several areas such as Computer Science; Public Administration; Business Administration; and Education. Opportunities are voluntary or for credit. If volunteering, you should commit to 6 hours or more per week. For credit, you may enroll in an Independent Study course.
Online
Nathan Cherrington
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus