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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Name	Department	Offering Research Opportunities?	Types of Opportunities	Prereqs	Research Location	End Date
Alexis Maltman	Speech Language and Hearing Sciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz	Basic Medical Sciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Phoenix
Avelino Arellano	Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences	Yes	Volunteer	basic math and physics	Tucson main campus
Judith Brown	The School of Plant Sciences	Yes	Paid For Credit	biology, biochemistry, plant pathology, microbiology	Tucson main campus
Arne Ekstrom	Psychology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Completion of Psy 300 or equivalent encouraged but not required. Prior programming experience a plus but not a requirement. GPA above 3.0 recommended.	Tucson main campus
Sigrid Williams	Pharmacology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Brett Colson	Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Yes	Paid For Credit	None required	Tucson main campus
Gene Alexander	Psychology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Russell Tronstad	Agricultural and Resource Economics	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Jacob Schwartz	Pharmacology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Please inquire	Tucson main campus
Mary Alt	Speech Language and Hearing Sciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Victor Baker	Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences	Yes	Volunteer	None	Tucson main campus
John Koprowski	The School of Natural Resources and the Environment	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Edward Wellman	Mining and Geological Engineering	Yes	Paid	None	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
Kaitlin Kratter	Astronomy	Yes	For Credit	Physics 305 or equivalent	Tucson main campus
Zhongguo Xiong	The School of Plant Sciences	Yes	Paid For Credit	Molecular biology techniques including DNA, RNA, and protein analyses, bacterial culturing and transformation.	Tucson main campus
Jon Pelletier	Geosciences	Yes	Paid	Programming	Tucson main campus
Casey Romanoski	Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Diaa Elshikha	Biosystems Engineering	Yes	Paid	None	Other	08/2025
Lucy Ziurys	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Tally Milnes	Pharmacology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Kenneth Johns	Physics	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Generally junior or senior Physics or ECE majors are preferred	Tucson main campus
Adam Daly	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	General Chemistry and prefer Organic Chemistry	Tucson main campus
Roberto Guzman	Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Students that succed in my lab, have usually basic skill of chemistry and knowledge of biochemistry.	Tucson main campus

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