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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Beilstein |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
MCB181, CHEM151, CHEM152
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Lianyang Zhang |
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Mechanics, Concrete, Soil Mechanics
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Scott Boitano |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
Meeting with Professor
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Lucinda Rankin |
Physiology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
member of honors college, 2nd semester junior or senior status.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Rebecca Gomez |
Psychology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Minimum GPA 3.0, students must be available during the summer for 9-12 hr/week to train and must commit to 2 semesters of research the following year with ample availability during the week for testing children (9 hr/week). We take applications at our lab website annually in April. Learn more at https://www.childcognitionlab.arizona.edu/students
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Fiona McCarthy |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Molecular biology is preferred but not required.
|
Online
|
|
| Zhongguo Xiong |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
Molecular biology techniques including DNA, RNA, and protein analyses, bacterial culturing and transformation.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Michael Bogan |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
n/a
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Andrew Cohen |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
N/A
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Carol Barnes |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
N/A
|
||
| Allison Huff |
Family and Community Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
n/a
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Paul Langlais |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
N/A
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Paul Wagner |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
N/A
|
Online
|
|
| Mohammad Pessarakli |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
N/A
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Alonso Favela |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
No Mandatory prerequisites. Preference will be given to those with some Excel, sheets, or computational experience. Check out the website for more info: favelalab.com
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Rebecca Vanderpool |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
No prerequisites are necessary but knowledge of the cardiovascular systems and physiology is helpful. Experience with computer programming and statistics (working with Matlab and R) is also helpful but not necessary.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Stephen Cowen |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Katharine Zeiders |
The Norton School of Human Ecology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Weigang Wang |
Physics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Meghan Darling-White |
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Malcolm Hughes |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Craig Aspinwall |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Daniel Apai |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Thomas Gianetti |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Bentley Fane |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|