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
John Holt	Planetary Sciences	Yes	Paid For Credit	Some familiarity with coding in Python and/or Geographic Information Systems	Tucson main campus
Kavan Hazeli	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering	Yes	Paid Volunteer	None	Tucson main campus
Erica Corral	Materials Science and Engineering	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson off-campus
Tommi Koskinen	Planetary Sciences	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Algebra, differential equations, computer programming	Tucson main campus
Julie Feldman	Psychology	Yes	Volunteer	None needed	Tucson main campus
Irina Panyushkina	Tree Ring Laboratory	Yes	Paid	None	Tucson main campus
Justin Snider	Nutritional Sciences and Wellness	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Diane Thompson	Geosciences	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	At least one lab-based course	Tucson off-campus
Ryan Straight	College of Applied Science and Technology	Yes	For Credit	Preferred interested in extended reality and comfortable with fully remote research. Enrollment in APCV 399 (1-3 credit hours) required.	Online
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.	Online
Alejandro Salado	Systems and Industrial Engineering	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	Coding VR environments for Occulus Quest (Unity)	Tucson main campus
Dmitriy Nurullayev	College of Applied Science and Technology	Yes	For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Li Xu	College of Applied Science and Technology	Yes	Paid	None	Online	05/2024
Shang Song	Biomedical Engineering	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Jacob Schwartz	Pharmacology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	Please inquire	Tucson main campus
Tally Milnes	Pharmacology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Tedley Pihl	Nutritional Sciences and Wellness	Yes	For Credit	Entry level microbiology and nutrition	Tucson main campus	05/2024
Matthew Recsetar	Biosystems Engineering	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson off-campus
Fariba Donovan	Medicine	Yes	Volunteer	None	Tucson main campus
Zhiyu Dai	Internal Medicine	Yes	Volunteer	None	Phoenix
Aaron Tesch	College of Applied Science and Technology	Yes	Volunteer For Credit	BASV 316 or equivalent	Online
Kellen Chen	Surgery	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Natalia Ignatenko	Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus
Edward Gelmann	Medicine	Yes	Paid	chemistry biochemistry	Tucson main campus
Nicholas Delamere	Physiology	Yes	Paid Volunteer For Credit	None	Tucson main campus

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