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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitlin Kratter |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Physics 305 or equivalent
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Christopher Impey |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Depends on the project. Projects include working on science literacy, astronomy pedagogy, the use of machine learning to detect science misinformation on the web, and building massive open online classes, or MOOCs.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Rodger Thompson |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Astro. 300A,B
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Nathan Smith |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ASTR250
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Brenda Frye |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Tim Eifler |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
curiosity, coding
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Feryal Ozel |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Edward Prather |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Astro 170B1
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Xiaohui Fan |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Philip Hinz |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| David Sand |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Enthusiasm!
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Lei Cao |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Chicheng Zhang |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
undergraduate probability and statistics, basic programming, algorithm design
|
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
|
|
| Beichuan Zhang |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jason Pacheco |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Having taken and passed a statistics or probability course. Having taken and passed Calculus and Linear Algebra courses. Some Python and/or Matlab programming experience. Having taken and passed an introductory machine learning course such as CSC 480 / CSC 380 or equivalent.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sazzadur Rahaman |
Computer Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Irina Panyushkina |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Margaret Evans |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Bryan Black |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
|
preferred to have some background in dendrochronology
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Malcolm Hughes |
Tree Ring Laboratory
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Martha Bhattacharya |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Team-based research through an course-based format (Vertically Integrated Project). Applications due mid-semester for enrollment in the subsequent semester. Please go to Dr. Bhattacharya's website or uavip.arizona.edu for most current information.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Nicholas Strausfeld |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Konrad Zinsmaier |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Melville Wohlgemuth |
Neuroscience
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Not necessary.
|
Tucson main campus
|