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 |
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Carol Barnes |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
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N/A
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Rebecca Vanderpool |
Medicine
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Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
No prerequisites are necessary but knowledge of the cardiovascular systems and physiology is helpful. Experience with computer programming and statistics (working with Matlab and R) is also helpful but not necessary.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Qin Chen |
Pharmacy Practice and Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Sazzadur Rahaman |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
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
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Tucson main campus
|
|
Katerina Dontsova |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
Cynthia Miranti |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Ronald Heimark |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Basic lab experience including western blots, PCR, IHC, ISH
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Andrew Capaldi |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jiang Wu |
East Asian Studies
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Geography, East Asia, GIS, graphic design, spanish, statistics, computer, website management, social media specialists, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Paul Ferre |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Alexander Bucksch |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
none, I do offer some very practical tasks that do not require much technical knowledge However, analytical knowledge in statistics and the use of python/R scripts to perform data analysis will give you a jump start into the research here.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Guang Yao |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Minkyu Kim |
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Curtis Thorne |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Paloma Beamer |
Public Health Administration
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Erika Eggers |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Please consult my website: sites.arizona.edu/eggerslab/join-us/ for what information to send when applying for an undergraduate research position and for information about our projects.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Kenneth McAllister |
Humanities Administration
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Wilfrid Calvin |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Other
|
|
Dawn Coletta |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Paul Langlais |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
N/A
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
David Glickenstein |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Linear algebra, proofs course, programming background
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jia Hu |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jason Wertheim |
Medicine Administration
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Paul Wagner |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
N/A
|
Online
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