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
Dawn Gouge
Entomology
Yes
Volunteer
None
Other
Bindu Poudel-Ward
Yuma County Office
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Knowledge in plant science and agriculture
Other
Marek Rychlik
Mathematics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Familiarity with NLP ideas, intermediate programming skills in MATLAB
Other
Gayatri Vedantam
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Walter Betancourt
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Basic microbiology skills
Tucson off-campus
Liliana Salvador
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Norma Perez-Brena
School of Human Ecology-RES
Yes
Volunteer
Research Methods
Tucson main campus
Philip Hinz
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Nathan Cherrington
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Paul Kapp
Geosciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ningning Zhao
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Chi Zhou
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Knowledge or strong interest in molecular biology, cell biology, and/or reproductive physiology is a plus.
Tucson off-campus
Elaine Norton
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson off-campus
Mark Barton
Geosciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Physical Geology
Tucson main campus
Netzin Steklis
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
For Credit
prefer if students had ACBS 160 Human and Animal Interrelationships
Tucson main campus
Martha Whitaker
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Yes
For Credit
The only prerequisite for the class is Calculus I
Other
Douglas Pickrell
Mathematics
Yes
Not given
None
Tucson main campus
Yin Chen
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Yes
Paid
Funded by E-H-TRUE research training grant from NIEHS
Other
David Velenovsky
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Hearing Science, Acoustics, also can be discussed.
Tucson main campus
Alicia Allen
Family and Community Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson off-campus
Stephen Cowen
Psychology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Sabrina Helm
School of Human Ecology-RES
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Leif Abrell
Environmental Science
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Organic chemistry
Tucson main campus
Euan Mcleod
Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
John Buchan
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None - seeking highly motivated student with genuine interest in work done in the lab.
Tucson main campus