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
Edward Prather
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Astro 170B1
Tucson main campus
Bryan Black
Tree Ring Laboratory
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
preferred to have some background in dendrochronology
Tucson main campus
Aaron Flesch
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Knowledge of spreadsheets and MS Excel.
Tucson off-campus
Kenneth Head
Systems and Industrial Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Dongkyun Kang
Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Floyd Chilton
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
David Margolis
Orthopedic Surgery
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Sean Limesand
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Recommended biology, physiology and biochemistry courses
Tucson off-campus
Marcel Schaap
Environmental Science
Yes
For Credit
Quantitative skills, computer skills, experimental skills
Tucson main campus
Wesley Hall
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Adam Printz
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Organization skills, dependability, and willingness to "fail" upwards; we can teach everything else.
Tucson main campus
Suchol Savagatrup
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Russell Tronstad
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Michael Bogan
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
n/a
Tucson main campus
Tai Kong
Physics
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Virinchipuram Viswanathan
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Willem Van Leeuwen
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
GEOG330 Introduction to Remote Sensing or Equivalent Biophysical, GIS or Remote sensing science or programming skills. Outdoor field work.
Tucson main campus
Marc Orbach
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
General Chemistry, Introductory Biology
Tucson main campus
Chicheng Zhang
Computer Science
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
undergraduate probability and statistics, basic programming, algorithm design
Tucson main campus
Laird Close
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
some knowledge of basic optics desirable.
Tucson main campus
Donald McCarthy
Steward Observatory
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Walter Harris
Planetary Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Allan Hamilton
Neurosurgery
Yes
Paid
For Credit
AI, coding
Tucson main campus
Melanie Hingle
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
For Credit
Depends on project
Tucson off-campus
Bentley Fane
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus