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? Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
Katherine Rhodes Immunobiology Yes Volunteer None Tucson main campus
Kenneth Liechty Surgery Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Paul Wagner College of Applied Science and Technology Yes Volunteer N/A Online
Rozhin Yasaei College of Applied Science and Technology Yes Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Elise Erickson Physiology Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Other
Sridevi Krishnan Nutritional Sciences and Wellness Yes Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Eung Joo Lee Electrical and Computer Engineering Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Lianyang Zhang Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics Yes Paid Mechanics, Concrete, Soil Mechanics Tucson main campus
Brian Enquist Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Lei Cao Computer Science Yes Volunteer None Tucson main campus
Wooyoung Jung Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit Passion for smart/sustainable/healthy buildings. - Preferred (not mandatory): Programming skills (Python), data analytics, etc. Tucson main campus
Alexander Bucksch The School of Plant Sciences Yes Paid, For credit none, I do offer some very practical tasks that do not require much technical knowledge However, analytical knowledge in statistics and the use of python/R scripts to perform data analysis will give you a jump start into the research here. Tucson main campus
Bindu Poudel-Ward Yuma County Office Yes Volunteer, For credit Knowledge in plant science and agriculture Other
Elaine Norton Animal and Biomedical Sciences Yes Volunteer, For credit None Tucson off-campus
Euan Mcleod Wyant College of Optical Sciences Yes Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Michael Hammer BIO5 Institute Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Sergey Shkarayev Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Yes For credit None Tucson main campus
Laurent Martin Anesthesiology Yes Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Erik Asphaug Planetary Sciences Yes Paid Vector calculus, two years of physics, proficiency in computer programming, demonstrated proficiency at writing Tucson main campus
Tyson Swetnam BIO5 Institute Yes Paid Computer Science Statistics Calculus Tucson main campus
Zafer Mutlu Materials Science and Engineering Yes Volunteer, For credit self-motivation and curiosity Tucson main campus
Scott Boitano Physiology Yes Paid, For credit Meeting with Professor 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
Shaowen Bao Physiology Yes Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Diaa Elshikha Biosystems Engineering Yes Paid None Other 08/2025

 

Faculty Members: for more information on updating your info please visit https://ur.arizona.edu/update.