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.
Name Department Offering Research Opportunities?sort descending Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
Paul Wagner
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
N/A
Online
Feryal Ozel
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ananya Mallik
Geosciences
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main 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
Janet Funk
Medicine
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Walter Harris
Planetary Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Michael Bogan
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
n/a
Tucson main campus
Liliana Salvador
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Brian Mckay
Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Elizabeth Bailey
Physiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Jennifer Duan
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
Yes
Paid
Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow Knowledge
Tucson main campus
Melville Wohlgemuth
Neuroscience
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Not necessary.
Tucson main campus
Rozhin Yasaei
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Programming
Tucson main campus
Peter Reinthal
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kavan Hazeli
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Ryan Gutenkunst
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Interest in computer programming and/or statistics is essential
Tucson main campus
Allan Hamilton
Neurosurgery
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Tai Kong
Physics
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Douglas Pickrell
Mathematics
Yes
Not given
None
Tucson main campus
Hendrikus Granzier
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
I currently have 3 undergraduate students.
Tucson main campus
Peter Troch
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Yes
Paid
None
Tucson off-campus
Martha Hunter
Entomology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Urs Utzinger
Biomedical Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
introductory course in programming
Tucson main campus
Elise Erickson
College of Nursing
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Other
Andrew Youdin
Steward Observatory
Yes
For Credit
Physics105a, intro to scientific computing
Tucson main campus