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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
|
| William Holmgren |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Michael Brown |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jeanne Pemberton |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Victor Baker |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Adam Daly |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
General Chemistry and prefer Organic Chemistry
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Eric Kiser |
Geosciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
GEOS 322
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| David Sand |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Enthusiasm!
|
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
|
|
| Laird Close |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
some knowledge of basic optics desirable.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Donald McCarthy |
Steward Observatory
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Walter Harris |
Planetary Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Allan Hamilton |
Neurosurgery
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
AI, coding
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Melanie Hingle |
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Depends on project
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Bentley Fane |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jennifer Teske |
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
communication skills, accountability to deadlines, and time management.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Christina Laukaitis |
Medicine
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Genetics
|
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| Felicia Goodrum Sterling |
Immunobiology
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
basic biology, molecular biology and biochemistry
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Malak Tfaily |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Kirsten Limesand |
Graduate College Administration
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Mohammad Pessarakli |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
N/A
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Ningning Zhao |
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Sabrina Helm |
School of Human Ecology-RES
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ian Pepper |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson off-campus
|
|
| Jiang Wu |
East Asian Studies
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Geography, East Asia, GIS, graphic design, spanish, statistics, computer, website management, social media specialists, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
|
Tucson main campus
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