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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Name	Department	Offering Research Opportunities?	Types of Opportunities	Prereqs	Research Location
Avelino Arellano	Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences	Yes	Volunteer	basic math and physics	Tucson main campus
Yang Song	Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Basic ability to conduct literature reviews, gather relevant research materials and synthesize information Basic ability to use statistical analysis tools, such as Excel, R, MATLAB, or Python Preferred: Computer programming (e.g., Python/Fortran) or AI/ML model experience Preferred: Spatial data analysis and mapping experiences, such as GIS applications, NETCDF data analysis and visualization	Tucson main campus
Judith Brown	The School of Plant Sciences	Yes	Paid For Credit	biology, biochemistry, plant pathology, microbiology	Tucson main campus
Joshua Levine	Computer Science	Yes	Volunteer	None mandatory, but CSC 433 or 444 experience preferred, as well as programming experience in general.	Tucson main campus
Jacqueline Barrios	Public and Applied Humanities	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Other
Jennifer Stern	Medicine	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	none	Other
Lucy Ziurys	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Caroline Kopruszinski	Pharmacology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	N/A	Tucson main campus
Nicholas Delamere	Physiology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Kate Bunton	Speech Language and Hearing Sciences	Yes	For Credit	Interest in speech acoustics, speech production, and speech perception.	Tucson main campus
Adam Daly	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry and prefer Organic Chemistry	Tucson main campus
Chi-Kwan Chan	Steward Observatory	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Basic programming skill in C or Python; able to understand basic physics equations.	Tucson main campus
Tyson Swetnam	BIO5 Institute	Yes	Paid	Computer Science Statistics Calculus	Tucson main campus
Kaitlin Kratter	Astronomy	Yes	For Credit	Physics 305 or equivalent	Tucson main campus
Eyad Atallah	Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Math 129 and Atmo 436/536a or equivalent Math 223 and Atmo 441/541b preferred Python coding skills	Tucson main campus
Zhongguo Xiong	The School of Plant Sciences	Yes	Paid For Credit	Molecular biology techniques including DNA, RNA, and protein analyses, bacterial culturing and transformation.	Tucson main campus
Flurin Babst	The School of Natural Resources and the Environment	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None.	Tucson main campus
Norma Perez-Brena	The Norton School of Human Ecology	Yes	Volunteer	Research Methods	Tucson main campus
Elisa Tomat	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry	Tucson main campus
Cori Daines	Pediatrics	Yes	Volunteer	None	Tucson main campus
Andreia Chignalia	Anesthesiology	Yes	Not given	Good practices of laboratory	Tucson main campus
Eduardo Rozo	Physics	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Excellent GPA	Tucson main campus
Eric Kiser	Geosciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	GEOS 322	Tucson main campus
Kaustubh Thirumalai	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Strong interest in ocean science and paleontology.	Tucson main campus
Bindu Poudel-Ward	Yuma County Office	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Knowledge in plant science and agriculture	Other

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