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 ascending Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
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