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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooyoung Jung |
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
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
|
|
| Mark Barton |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Physical Geology
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kaitlin Kratter |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics 305 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Daniel Diaz Ordonez |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
Physics Mathematics Matlab Advance writing skills
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Andrew Youdin |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics105a, intro to scientific computing
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jacob Schwartz |
Pharmacology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Please inquire
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Netzin Steklis |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
prefer if students had ACBS 160 Human and Animal Interrelationships
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Bryan Black |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
preferred to have some background in dendrochronology
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joanna Monti-Masel |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
previous computer programming experience
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Solange Duhamel |
Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Previous experience in a microbiology or chemistry lab preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Purnima Madhivanan |
Health Promotion Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Proficient in Social Media, Website, Technology, MS Office
|
Other
Online
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Rozhin Yasaei |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Programming
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jon Pelletier |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Programming
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Bonnie Hurwitz |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
programming skills are useful
|
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
|
|
| Sylvia Sullivan |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Python and Linux scripting are advantages.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Marcel Schaap |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Quantitative skills, computer skills, experimental skills
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sean Fleming |
Physics
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
quantum mechanics
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sean Limesand |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Recommended biology or physiology courses
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Jinyoung Kim |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Required: Interests in observational astronomy, especially on star and planet formation. Familiarity with using computer and very basic scientific programing, such as python or IDL. Preferred: taken at least 1 astronomy course and 1 or more physics courses. Scientific/astronomical programing experience (e.g., Python, IDL, IRAF) with astronomical data experiences are preferred, but not required.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Stephen Kortenkamp |
Planetary Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Requires application through Arizona Space Grant
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Norma Perez-Brena |
The Norton School of Human Ecology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Research Methods
|
Tucson main campus
|