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 Prereqs Research Location End Date
Paloma Beamer Public Health Administration Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Purnima Madhivanan Health Promotion Sciences Yes Volunteer, For credit Proficient in Social Media, Website, Technology, MS Office Other , Online , Tucson main campus
Christopher Castro Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Yes For credit Basic physics, math through calculus, computer programming experience Tucson main campus
Luisa Ikner Environmental Science Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Charles Haessig Mathematics Yes Volunteer, For credit Calculus Tucson main campus
Laura Miller Mathematics Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Walter Betancourt Environmental Science Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit Basic microbiology skills Tucson off-campus
Caitlyn Hall Biosystems Engineering Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None 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
Jacqueline Barrios Public and Applied Humanities Yes Volunteer, For credit None Other
Yves Carriere Entomology Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Ramin Yadegari The School of Plant Sciences Yes Paid, For credit MCB 181R Tucson main campus
Pierre Haenecour Planetary Sciences Yes 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
Kelly Bright Environmental Science Yes Paid, Volunteer None Tucson off-campus
Stephen Kukolich Chemistry and Biochemistry Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit Experience with instrumentation, electronics computers or programming desirable. Tucson main campus
Craig Rasmussen Environmental Science Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit ENVS 200 and 201 are preferred but not mandatory Tucson main campus
Andrew Wessman Materials Science and Engineering Yes Paid Ability to operate machinery and perform manual labor for laboratory tasks 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
Jon Pelletier Geosciences Yes Paid Programming Tucson main campus
Samantha Harris Physiology Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
John Konhilas Physiology Yes Volunteer, For credit Dedicated, hard-working and willing to commit for 2 years. Tucson main campus
Marvin Slepian Medicine Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
William Killgore Psychiatry Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit None Tucson main campus
Jil Tardiff Biomedical Engineering Yes Paid, Volunteer, For credit Some prior lab experience preferred but not required. Freshman Chemistry required. Advanced math courses required for computational work in collaboration with Prof. Steve Schwartz in CBC. Tucson main campus

 

Faculty Members: for more information on updating your info please visit https://ur.arizona.edu/update.