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.
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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Matthew Recsetar |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
YeonSun Lee |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
General Chemistry
|
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
|
|
Robert Groves |
Religious Studies and Classics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Greek 202 or higher.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Rachel Mitchell |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Shankar Venkataramani |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
Calculus, Linear Algebra, Programming. Differential equations would be very helpful.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Anthony Jull |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Kelly Bright |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Other
|
|
Aaron Flesch |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Knowledge of spreadsheets and MS Excel.
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
Toshinobu Kazui |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Ideally experience in research, motivated to learn
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Luciano Matzkin |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Fariba Donovan |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Weigang Wang |
Physics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jekan Thangavelautham |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Tanya Quist |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Zafer Mutlu |
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
self-motivation and curiosity
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Joseph Watkins |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Calculus and linear algebra. Advanced mathematics and statistics courses a plus.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Michael Gilbert |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Stephen Kukolich |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Experience with instrumentation, electronics computers or programming desirable.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Kenneth Head |
Systems and Industrial Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Tania Leal |
Spanish and Portuguese
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
05/2025
|
Aurelio Figueredo |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Aaron Tesch |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
BASV 316 or equivalent
|
Online
|
|
Klaus Lux |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
MATH 313, Linear Algebra
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|