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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Riehle |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sadhana Ravishankar |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
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
|
|
| Monica Ramirez |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ethical hard-worker creative
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Leif Abrell |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Organic chemistry
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Craig Rasmussen |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ENVS 200 and 201 are preferred but not mandatory
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| William Smith |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
Experience with field work. Experience with computer programming.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Shang Song |
Biomedical Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Dawn Coletta |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Shaowen Bao |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Alexander Bucksch |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
none, I do offer some very practical tasks that do not require much technical knowledge However, analytical knowledge in statistics and the use of python/R scripts to perform data analysis will give you a jump start into the research here.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jeffrey Jacobs |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Janet Funk |
Medicine
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Majid Beidaghi |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Programming skills in Python. A background/interest in machine learning is preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ibrahim Fatkullin |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Must have completed at least one 400-level class in the field of interest
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Vitaliy Yurkiv |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
basic thermodynamic knowledge
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ellis Robinson |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Enthusiasm
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Xubin Zeng |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
prefer candidates with quantitative background and/or some experience in analyzing large amount of data
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Robin Samlan |
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Carol Bender |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
Other
|
|
| Matthew Grilli |
Psychology
|
Yes |
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
|
|
| 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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| Donald Falk |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Other
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