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? Types of Opportunities Prereqssort descending Research Location End Date
Fiona McCarthy
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Molecular biology is preferred but not required.
Online
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
Paul Langlais
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
N/A
Tucson main campus
Michael Bogan
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
n/a
Tucson main campus
Paul Wagner
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
N/A
Online
Allison Huff
Family and Community Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
n/a
Tucson main campus
Andrew Cohen
Geosciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
N/A
Tucson main campus
Carol Barnes
Psychology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
N/A
Mohammad Pessarakli
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
For Credit
N/A
Tucson off-campus
Alonso Favela
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
No Mandatory prerequisites. Preference will be given to those with some Excel, sheets, or computational experience. Check out the website for more info: favelalab.com
Tucson main campus
Rebecca Vanderpool
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
No prerequisites are necessary but knowledge of the cardiovascular systems and physiology is helpful. Experience with computer programming and statistics (working with Matlab and R) is also helpful but not necessary.
Tucson main campus
John Rutherfoord
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Melissa Barnett
The Norton School of Human Ecology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Noshene Ranjbar
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Online
Nicholas Delamere
Physiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Luisa Ikner
Environmental Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kristian Doyle
Immunobiology
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Floyd Chilton
Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Chian Kwoh
Medicine
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Wendy Moore Brusca
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
David Baltrus
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Ulises Ricoy
Neuroscience
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
none
Tucson main campus
Koenraad Van Doorslaer
Immunobiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Eung Joo Lee
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Todd Schlenke
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
none
Tucson main campus