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 Department Offering Research Opportunities?sort descending Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
Carol Dieckmann
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
For Credit
General Chemistry, Biology 181
Tucson main campus
Marvin Slepian
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
George Sutphin
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
none
Tucson main campus
Nathan Smith
Astronomy
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
ASTR250
Tucson main campus
Ali Mohammed
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
N/A
Other
08/2025
Mary Wildner-Bassett
German Studies
Yes
For Credit
Upper division undergraduate course status.
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
Andrew Capaldi
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Robert Root
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Chemistry 101 or like, ability to work in a laboratory
Tucson main campus
Jia Hu
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Noel Warfel
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kamel Didan
Biosystems Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Data Science, Programming (Python), Image processing
Tucson main campus
Lisa Nagy
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
MCB 181
Tucson main campus
William Killgore
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Hermann Fasel
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Monica Schmidt
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Serin Hong
Mathematics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra
Tucson main campus
Tsu-Te Su
Biomedical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Alejandro Salado Diez
Systems and Industrial Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Coding VR environments for Occulus Quest (Unity)
Tucson main campus
Sean Fleming
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
quantum mechanics
Tucson main campus
David Hogan
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Haiquan Li
Biosystems Engineering
Yes
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
Caitlyn Hall
Biosystems Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ying-Hui Chou
Psychology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus