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.

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Name	Department	Offering Research Opportunities?	Types of Opportunities	Prereqs	Research Location
Eric Kiser	Geosciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	GEOS 322	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
Willem Van Leeuwen	The School of Natural Resources and the Environment	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	GEOG330 Introduction to Remote Sensing or Equivalent Biophysical, GIS or Remote sensing science or programming skills. Outdoor field work.	Tucson main campus
Christina Laukaitis	Medicine	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Genetics
Kenneth Johns	Physics	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Generally junior or senior Physics or ECE majors are preferred	Tucson main campus
Marc Orbach	The School of Plant Sciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry, Introductory Biology	Tucson main campus
Carol Dieckmann	Molecular and Cellular Biology	Yes	For Credit	General Chemistry, Biology 181	Tucson main campus
Adam Daly	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry and prefer Organic Chemistry	Tucson main campus
Jeanne Pemberton	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry	Tucson main campus
YeonSun Lee	Pharmacology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry	Tucson main campus
Elisa Tomat	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry	Tucson main campus
Yin Chen	Pharmacology and Toxicology	Yes	Paid	Funded by E-H-TRUE research training grant from NIEHS	Other
Jennifer Duan	Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics	Yes	Paid	Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow Knowledge	Tucson main campus
Marek Rychlik	Mathematics	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Familiarity with NLP ideas, intermediate programming skills in MATLAB	Other
Stephen Kukolich	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Experience with instrumentation, electronics computers or programming desirable.	Tucson main campus
William Smith	The School of Natural Resources and the Environment	Yes	Paid For Credit	Experience with field work. Experience with computer programming.	Tucson main campus
Eduardo Rozo	Physics	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Excellent GPA	Tucson main campus
Monica Ramirez	Environmental Science	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	ethical hard-worker creative	Tucson main campus
Craig Rasmussen	Environmental Science	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	ENVS 200 and 201 are preferred but not mandatory	Tucson main campus
David Sand	Astronomy	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Enthusiasm!	Tucson main campus
Bruce Bayly	Mathematics	Yes	For Credit	Differential equations, linear algebra	Tucson main campus
Gail Heath	Mining and Geological Engineering	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	desire to learn	Other
Christopher Impey	Astronomy	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Depends on the project. Projects include working on science literacy, astronomy pedagogy, the use of machine learning to detect science misinformation on the web, and building massive open online classes, or MOOCs.	Tucson main campus
Melanie Hingle	Nutritional Sciences and Wellness	Yes	For Credit	Depends on project	Tucson off-campus
John Konhilas	Physiology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Dedicated, hard-working and willing to commit for 2 years.	Tucson main campus

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