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 |
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Raina Maier |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jacob Schwartz |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Please inquire
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Erdogan Madenci |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Daniel Apai |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Solange Duhamel |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Previous experience in a microbiology or chemistry lab preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Francesca Vitali |
Neurology
|
Yes |
Not given
|
Good Programming skills in either Python, R or Matlab. Background in machine learning and statistics preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Brian LeRoy |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Prem Kumar Govindappa |
Orthopedic Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Basic experience with animal and cell culture studies along with essential skills.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Malak Tfaily |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
Ulises Ricoy |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Diaa Elshikha |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Other
|
08/2025
|
Arvinder Sandhu |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Intro Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 241/261 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Gayatri Vedantam |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Tally Milnes |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Patrick Shipman |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Craig Kulesa |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Our group specializes in hands-on instrument and observatory development for space-based, balloon-borne and ground-based observatories in Antarctica. Hands-on mechanical engineering, software engineering, astronomical data processing and visualization are common applications.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
John Rutherfoord |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Rachel Mitchell |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Charles Stafford |
Physics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Phys 371
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Gregory Ogden |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
programming such as LabView, Matlab
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Kirsten Limesand |
Graduate College Administration
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
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
|
|
Carlos Zgheib |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
|
Carol Bender |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
Other
|
|
Netzin Steklis |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
prefer if students had ACBS 160 Human and Animal Interrelationships
|
Tucson main campus
|