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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Alston |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Lawrence Deluca |
Emergency Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
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| Tyson Swetnam |
BIO5 Institute
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Computer Science Statistics Calculus
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Yue Wang |
Systems and Industrial Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Allison Huff |
Family and Community Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
n/a
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Amit Algotar |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Edward Wellman |
Mining and Geological Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| Christopher Cartmell |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kimberly J. Sierra |
Tucson main campus
|
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| Brian LeRoy |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Robin Samlan |
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Tian-Chyi Yeh |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
numeric, fluid mechanics, hwr516, hwr535, hwr 645
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Malcolm Hughes |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Daniel Apai |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
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
|
|
| Christina Laukaitis |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Genetics
|
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| Michael Riehle |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
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
|
|
| Wendy Moore Brusca |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Dawn Gouge |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Other
|
|
| Marvin Slepian |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Walter Betancourt |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Basic microbiology skills
|
Tucson off-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
|
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| Nathan Cherrington |
Pharmacology and Toxicology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|