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?sort descending Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
Fariba Donovan
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Marta Codeco
Lowell Institute for Min Res
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Economic Mineral Deposits
Tucson main campus
Tsu-Te Su
Biomedical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
John Rutherfoord
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Shaowen Bao
Physiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Weigang Wang
Physics
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Robert Groves
Religious Studies and Classics
Yes
For Credit
Greek 202 or higher.
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
Fiona McCarthy
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Molecular biology is preferred but not required.
Online
Michael Johnson
Immunobiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ying-Hui Chou
Psychology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Hermann Fasel
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Aaron Tesch
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
BASV 316 or equivalent
Online
Tatiana Kalin
COM Phx Child Health
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Phoenix
Luciano Matzkin
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
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
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz
Basic Medical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Phoenix
Klaus Lux
Mathematics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
MATH 313, Linear Algebra
Tucson main campus
Tanya Quist
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kelly Bright
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Tucson off-campus
Jeffrey Jacobs
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Edita Navratilova
Pharmacology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Basic laboratory training and animal handling preferred, but not required.
Tucson main campus
Anthony Jull
Geosciences
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Edward Prather
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Astro 170B1
Tucson main campus
Kellen Chen
Surgery
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus