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 |
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Anna Dornhaus |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Yes |
Paid
For Credit
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None; requisite is to commit 10 hours/week (=3 credits if taking credit). Only paid if FWS eligible or student has experience working in my lab. Concurrently required to enroll in ECOL195C (1 credit) taught by me.
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Tucson main campus
|
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Klaus Lux |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
MATH 313, Linear Algebra
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Koen Visscher |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Brenda Frye |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
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None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Andrew Youdin |
Steward Observatory
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Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics105a, intro to scientific computing
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Aurelio Figueredo |
Psychology
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Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Allan Hamilton |
Neurosurgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Anne Arnold |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Horst Steklis |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ACBS160
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Kenneth Head |
Systems and Industrial Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
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None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Robert Root |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Chemistry 101 or like, ability to work in a laboratory
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Todd Schlenke |
Entomology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
none
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Marvin Slepian |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Charles Haessig |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Calculus
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Dalal Alharthi |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Preferred interest in Cloud Computing/Security; Machine Learning; Incident Response; Vulnerability Assessment/Remediation; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Social Engineering; and Cybersecurity Education. Interdisciplinary Research opportunities are available in the intersection between the area of Cybersecurity and several areas such as Computer Science; Public Administration; Business Administration; and Education. Opportunities are voluntary or for credit. If volunteering, you should commit to 6 hours or more per week. For credit, you may enroll in an Independent Study course.
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Online
|
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Julie Ledford |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Classes in Biology or chemistry needed; willing to be a team member that gets along well with others; students that are motivated to succeed
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Noel Warfel |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Lianyang Zhang |
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Mechanics, Concrete, Soil Mechanics
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Nathan Smith |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ASTR250
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Franz Rischard |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Patrick Shipman |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Douglas Pickrell |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
core undergraduate math courses
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Gregory Ogden |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
programming such as LabView, Matlab
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Pedro Aceves Sanchez |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Basics on ODES and Linear Algebra.
|
Tucson main campus
|
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Ryan Gutenkunst |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Interest in computer programming and/or statistics is essential
|
Tucson main campus
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