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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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
Brenda Frye	Astronomy	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.	Tucson main campus
Andrew Youdin	Steward Observatory	Yes	For Credit	Physics105a, intro to scientific computing	Tucson main campus
Jason Aubrey	Mathematics	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Melanie Hingle	Nutritional Sciences and Wellness	Yes	For Credit	Depends on project	Tucson off-campus
Katharine Zeiders	The Norton School of Human Ecology	Yes	For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Benjamin Renquist	Animal and Biomedical Sciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson off-campus
Floyd Chilton	Nutritional Sciences and Wellness	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
David Hogan	Environmental Science	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Todd Schlenke	Entomology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	none	Tucson main campus
Marvin Slepian	Medicine	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Charles Haessig	Mathematics	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Calculus	Tucson main campus
Dalal Alharthi	College of Applied Science and Technology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Preferred interest in Cloud Computing/Security; Machine Learning; Incident Response; Vulnerability Assessment/Remediation; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Social Engineering; and Cybersecurity Education. Interdisciplinary Research opportunities are available in the intersection between the area of Cybersecurity and several areas such as Computer Science; Public Administration; Business Administration; and Education. Opportunities are voluntary or for credit. If volunteering, you should commit to 6 hours or more per week. For credit, you may enroll in an Independent Study course.	Online
Nathan Cherrington	Pharmacology and Toxicology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Salma Patel	COHS Administration	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Other
Michael Hammer	BIO5 Institute	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Jennifer Mcintosh	Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	At least an introductory inorganic chemistry course	Tucson main campus
Fernando Martinez	Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Curtis Thorne	Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Colleen Lucey	Russian and Slavic Studies	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Wilfrid Calvin	Entomology	Yes	Paid	None	Other
Haijiang Cai	Neuroscience	Yes	For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Jamie Swanson	Psychology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Hao Xin	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Beichuan Zhang	Computer Science	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Jinyoung Kim	Steward Observatory	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Required: Interests in observational astronomy, especially on star and planet formation. Familiarity with using computer and very basic scientific programing, such as python or IDL. Preferred: taken at least 1 astronomy course and 1 or more physics courses. Scientific/astronomical programing experience (e.g., Python, IDL, IRAF) with astronomical data experiences are preferred, but not required.	Tucson main campus

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