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 ascending
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
Daniel Latt
Orthopedic Surgery
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Bindu Poudel-Ward
Yuma County Office
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Knowledge in plant science and agriculture
Other
Jessica Rick
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jennifer Stern
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
none
Other
Ralph Fregosi
Physiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Biology 182 PSIO 202
Tucson main campus
Victor Octavio Tenorio Gutierrez
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
OpenContour Cost Estimation Moon Trek QGIS Blender/Unity MATLAB
Tucson main campus
Kimberly J. Sierra
Tucson main campus
Brian LeRoy
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
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
Matthew Grilli
Psychology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
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
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
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