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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Pelletier |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Programming
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joellen Russell |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Calculus, Introduction to Oceanography
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jessica Tierney |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kaustubh Thirumalai |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Strong interest in ocean science and paleontology.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Robert Downs |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Paul Kapp |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Eric Kiser |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
GEOS 322
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Andrew Cohen |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
N/A
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Miguel Simonet |
Spanish and Portuguese
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Robert Groves |
Religious Studies and Classics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Greek 202 or higher.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kenneth McAllister |
Humanities Administration
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Albrecht Classen |
German Studies
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
basic understanding of the European Middle Ages, motivation, passion
|
Other
|
|
| Mary Wildner-Bassett |
German Studies
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Upper division undergraduate course status.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Feryal Ozel |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Edward Prather |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Astro 170B1
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Philip Hinz |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| David Sand |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Enthusiasm!
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Brenda Frye |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Nathan Smith |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ASTR250
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Laird Close |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
some knowledge of basic optics desirable.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kaitlin Kratter |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics 305 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Beichuan Zhang |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jason Pacheco |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Having taken and passed a statistics or probability course. Having taken and passed Calculus and Linear Algebra courses. Some Python and/or Matlab programming experience. Having taken and passed an introductory machine learning course such as CSC 480 / CSC 380 or equivalent.
|
Tucson main campus
|