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
Koenraad Van Doorslaer
Immunobiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Wooyoung Jung
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
Yes
Volunteer
Passion for smart/sustainable/healthy buildings. - Preferred (not mandatory): Programming skills (Python), data analytics, etc.
Tucson main campus
Daniel Apai
Steward Observatory
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Purnima Madhivanan
Health Promotion Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Proficient in Social Media, Website, Technology, MS Office
Other
Online
Tucson main campus
Franz Rischard
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
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
Brian LeRoy
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main 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
Christina Laukaitis
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Genetics
Ronald Heimark
Surgery
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Basic lab experience including western blots, PCR, IHC, ISH
Tucson main campus
Arvinder Sandhu
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Intro Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 241/261 or equivalent
Tucson main campus
Jason Wertheim
Medicine Administration
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Sadhana Ravishankar
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Daniel Diaz Ordonez
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
For Credit
Physics Mathematics Matlab Advance writing skills
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
Kimberly Ogden
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Alonso Favela
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
No Mandatory prerequisites. Preference will be given to those with some Excel, sheets, or computational experience. Check out the website for more info: favelalab.com
Tucson main campus
Qin Chen
Pharmacy Practice and Science
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Charles Stafford
Physics
Yes
For Credit
Phys 371
Tucson main campus
Suchol Savagatrup
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Malak Tfaily
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson off-campus
Dawn Coletta
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Carol Bender
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Other
Kristian Doyle
Immunobiology
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Raina Maier
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus