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.
Name Departmentsort descending Offering Research Opportunities? Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
Purnima Madhivanan
Health Promotion Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Proficient in Social Media, Website, Technology, MS Office
Other
Online
Tucson main campus
Gail Heath
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
desire to learn
Other
Edward Wellman
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Paid
None
Tucson main campus
Victor Octavio Tenorio Gutierrez
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
OpenContour Cost Estimation Moon Trek QGIS Blender/Unity
Tucson main campus
YeonSun Lee
Pharmacology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
General Chemistry
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
Patrick Ronaldson
Pharmacology
Yes
Paid
Ability to commit 20 hours per week during the semester and 40 hours per week during the summer to research.
Tucson main campus
Arthur Riegel
Pharmacology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Edita Navratilova
Pharmacology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Basic laboratory training and animal handling preferred, but not required.
Tucson main campus
John Streicher
Pharmacology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Melanie Hingle
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
For Credit
Depends on project
Tucson off-campus
Jennifer Teske
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
communication skills, accountability to deadlines, and time management.
Tucson main campus
Ningning Zhao
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Floyd Chilton
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ashley Snider
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Justin Snider
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Sridevi Krishnan
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Bindu Poudel-Ward
Yuma County Office
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Knowledge in plant science and agriculture
Other
Jacqueline Barrios
Public and Applied Humanities
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
William Killgore
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Noshene Ranjbar
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Online
Michael Grandner
Psychiatry
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Karen Weihs
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
undergraduate enrolled
Tucson main campus
02/2026
Samuel Campos
Immunobiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson off-campus