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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Reinthal |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joseph Hoover |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Interest in developing skills in environmental justice; trans-disciplinary and team science projects; community engagement; GIS and spatial analysis; water quality and water resources
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Monica Ramirez |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ethical hard-worker creative
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ryan Gutenkunst |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Interest in computer programming and/or statistics is essential
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Patrick Ronaldson |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Ability to commit 20 hours per week during the semester and 40 hours per week during the summer to research.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Walter Harris |
Planetary Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Cynthia Miranti |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Craig Rasmussen |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ENVS 200 and 201 are preferred but not mandatory
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Koen Visscher |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Fiona McCarthy |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Molecular biology is preferred but not required.
|
Online
|
|
| Horst Steklis |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ACBS160
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Alexander McGhee |
Biomedical Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Li Xu |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Online
|
05/2025
|
| Andrew Youdin |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics105a, intro to scientific computing
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Qin Chen |
Pharmacy Practice and Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| David Breshears |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joellen Russell |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Calculus, Introduction to Oceanography
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Bekir Tanriover |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Allan Hamilton |
Neurosurgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Melanie Hingle |
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Depends on project
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Wilfrid Calvin |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Other
|
|
| Arne Ekstrom |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Completion of Psy 300 or equivalent encouraged but not required. Prior programming experience a plus but not a requirement. GPA above 3.0 recommended.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Hao Xin |
Electrical and Computer Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jeffrey Jacobs |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Benjamin Renquist |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|