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 |
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Meredith Hay |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
John Rutherfoord |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Francesca Vitali |
Neurology
|
Yes |
Not given
|
Good Programming skills in either Python, R or Matlab. Background in machine learning and statistics preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
John Allen |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Melissa Barnett |
The Norton School of Human Ecology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Ulises Ricoy |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Diaa Elshikha |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Other
|
08/2025
|
Matthew Grilli |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
John Streicher |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Wesley Hall |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Tally Milnes |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Erich Varnes |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
|
Michael Brown |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Christopher Cartmell |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Stuart Craig |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
The lab performs high-speed/hypersonic wind tunnel experiments. No hard prerequisites, at least 1 year of undergrad preferred. Positions are competitive and the number of openings varies.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Rachel Mitchell |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Matthias Mehl |
Psychology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Research Methods course
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jesse Woodson |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
MCB181 or equivalent course is strongly recommended.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jason Pacheco |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Having taken and passed a statistics or probability course. Having taken and passed Calculus and Linear Algebra courses. Some Python and/or Matlab programming experience. Having taken and passed an introductory machine learning course such as CSC 480 / CSC 380 or equivalent.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Carlos Zgheib |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
|
Nicholas Strausfeld |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Amit Algotar |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
Adam Printz |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Organization skills, dependability, and willingness to "fail" upwards; we can teach everything else.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Matthew Recsetar |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
Anne Bowen |
Pediatrics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|