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.
Name Department Offering Research Opportunities? Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Datesort descending
Moysey Brio
Mathematics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Joanna Monti-Masel
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yes
Paid
For Credit
previous computer programming experience
Tucson main campus
Robin Samlan
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
Tucson main campus
Koen Visscher
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Lisa Nagy
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
MCB 181
Tucson main campus
Lucy Ziurys
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jaime Fatas
Spanish and Portuguese
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Other
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
Bentley Fane
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Tanya Quist
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Michelle Mcmahon
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Gayatri Vedantam
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ronald Lynch
Physiology
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
Jekan Thangavelautham
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jason Wertheim
Medicine Administration
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Xiaohui Fan
Astronomy
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Laura Miller
Mathematics
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Irina Panyushkina
Tree Ring Laboratory
Yes
Paid
None
Tucson main campus
Nicholas Delamere
Physiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Hendrikus Granzier
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
I currently have 3 undergraduate students.
Tucson main campus
Bekir Tanriover
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Open to Biomedical Engineering students
Tucson main campus
Bindu Poudel-Ward
Yuma County Office
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Knowledge in plant science and agriculture
Other
Rozhin Yasaei
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Programming
Tucson main campus
Elena Plante
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
There are opportunities for students at different levels. Task-related training is provided.
Tucson main campus