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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Colson |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None required
|
Tucson main campus
|
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| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Tian-Chyi Yeh |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
numeric, fluid mechanics, hwr516, hwr535, hwr 645
|
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
|
|
| Victor Octavio Tenorio Gutierrez |
Mining and Geological Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
OpenContour Cost Estimation Moon Trek QGIS Blender/Unity
|
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
|
|
| Linda Restifo |
Neurology
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Outstanding reliability and communication skills. Excellent manual dexterity and attention to detail. Strong sense of intellectual and scientific curiosity also essential.
|
Tucson main campus
|
08/2024
|
| 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
|