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 |
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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
|
|
Bekir Tanriover |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Kaitlin Kratter |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics 305 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Craig Rasmussen |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ENVS 200 and 201 are preferred but not mandatory
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Leigh Combrink |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Judith Brown |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
biology, biochemistry, plant pathology, microbiology
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Fiona McCarthy |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Molecular biology is preferred but not required.
|
Online
|
|
Gene Alexander |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Li Xu |
College of Applied Science and Technology
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Online
|
05/2025
|
Kate Bunton |
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Interest in speech acoustics, speech production, and speech perception.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
David Breshears |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Caitlyn Hall |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Victor Baker |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Shaowen Bao |
Physiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Armin Sorooshian |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Arne Ekstrom |
Psychology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Completion of Psy 300 or equivalent encouraged but not required. Prior programming experience a plus but not a requirement. GPA above 3.0 recommended.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Ali Mohammed |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
N/A
|
Other
|
08/2025
|
Zhongguo Xiong |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
Molecular biology techniques including DNA, RNA, and protein analyses, bacterial culturing and transformation.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Jeffrey Jacobs |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Lucy Ziurys |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Shang Song |
Biomedical Engineering
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Eduardo Rozo |
Physics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Excellent GPA
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
John Koprowski |
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Colleen Lucey |
Russian and Slavic Studies
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
Adam Daly |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
General Chemistry and prefer Organic Chemistry
|
Tucson main campus
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