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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Corty |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Alexander McGhee |
Biomedical Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Swarna Ganesh |
Biomedical Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Isabelle Schrauwen |
COM Phx Translational Neurosci
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Phoenix
|
|
| Travis Barman |
Planetary Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| John Buchan |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None - seeking highly motivated student with genuine interest in work done in the lab.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joshua Levine |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None mandatory, but CSC 433 or 444 experience preferred, as well as programming experience in general.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Craig Weinkauf |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None mandatory; R studio and programming a plus.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Julie Feldman |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None needed
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Brett Colson |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None required
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Brenda Frye |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.
|
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
|
|
| Kenneth McAllister |
Humanities Administration
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Flurin Babst |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Anna Dornhaus |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
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.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Melville Wohlgemuth |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Not necessary.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Tomas Cerny |
Systems and Industrial Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Object-oriented design Ideally, knowledge of databases, javascript, code analysis, spring, cloud native
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Magdalene So |
Immunobiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
One year of science courses with science GPA of at least 3.0
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Leif Abrell |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Organic chemistry
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Adam Printz |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Organization skills, dependability, and willingness to "fail" upwards; we can teach everything else.
|
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
|
|
| Wooyoung Jung |
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Passion for smart/sustainable/healthy buildings. - Preferred (not mandatory): Programming skills (Python), data analytics, etc.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Charles Stafford |
Physics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Phys 371
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Stefan Meinel |
Physics
|
Yes |
Not given
|
PHYS 371
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Mark Barton |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Physical Geology
|
Tucson main campus
|