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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Stuart Craig |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
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The lab performs high-speed/hypersonic wind tunnel experiments. No hard prerequisites, at least 1 year of undergrad preferred. Positions are competitive and the number of openings varies.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Zafer Mutlu |
Materials Science and Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
self-motivation and curiosity
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Charles Wolgemuth |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Shanna Hamilton |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Walter Harris |
Planetary Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Kelly Bright |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Other
|
|
Toshinobu Kazui |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Ideally experience in research, motivated to learn
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Goggy Davidowitz |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Martha Hunter |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Fariba Donovan |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Peiwen Li |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Junior to Senior
|
Tucson main campus
|
08/2025
|
Feryal Ozel |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jekan Thangavelautham |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Charles Hsu |
Radiation Oncology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Data Collection, proficiency in Excel / RedCap / STATA/ SAS/R or other statistical analysis packages
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
Anna Dornhaus |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None; requisite is to commit 10 hours/week (=3 credits if taking credit). Only paid if FWS eligible or student has experience working in my lab. Concurrently required to enroll in ECOL195C (1 credit) taught by me.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Ilknur Telkes Ergun |
Neurosurgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
A basic understanding of research methods, conducting literature reviews, and signal processing. Basic ability to use MATLAB and/or Python. Preferred: Programming and digital signal processing.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Allan Hamilton |
Neurosurgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Stephen Kukolich |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Experience with instrumentation, electronics computers or programming desirable.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Tania Leal |
Spanish and Portuguese
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
05/2025
|
Elizabeth Bailey |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
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Horst Steklis |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ACBS160
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Aaron Tesch |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
BASV 316 or equivalent
|
Online
|
|
Majid Beidaghi |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Programming skills in Python. A background/interest in machine learning is preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Peter Reinthal |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|