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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Shahidullah |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
12/2025
|
| Peiwen Li |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Junior to Senior
|
Tucson main campus
|
08/2025
|
| Kimberly J. Sierra |
Tucson main campus
|
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| Brian LeRoy |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| John Allen |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Arvinder Sandhu |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Intro Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 241/261 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Matthew Grilli |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Craig Kulesa |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Our group specializes in hands-on instrument and observatory development for space-based, balloon-borne and ground-based observatories in Antarctica. Hands-on mechanical engineering, software engineering, astronomical data processing and visualization are common applications.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| William Holmgren |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Felicia Goodrum Sterling |
Immunobiology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
basic biology, molecular biology and biochemistry
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Donald Falk |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| 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
|
|
| Norma Perez-Brena |
School of Human Ecology-RES
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Research Methods
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ravishankar Palanivelu |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Laura Meredith |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|