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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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 Datesort descending
Mark Barton
Geosciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Physical Geology
Tucson main campus
Rebecca Gomez
Psychology
Yes
For Credit
Minimum GPA 3.0, students must be available during the summer for 9-12 hr/week to train and must commit to 2 semesters of research the following year with ample availability during the week for testing children (9 hr/week). We take applications at our lab website annually in April. Learn more at https://www.childcognitionlab.arizona.edu/students
Tucson main campus
David Velenovsky
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Hearing Science, Acoustics, also can be discussed.
Tucson main campus
Jeanne Pemberton
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
Tucson main campus
Mohammad Pessarakli
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Mark Beilstein
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
For Credit
MCB181, CHEM151, CHEM152
Tucson main campus
Jennifer Barton
BIO5 Institute
Yes
Paid
For Credit
Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, at least sophomore level
Tucson main campus
Suchol Savagatrup
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Johann Rafelski
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Senior Year, some exceptional case Junior
Tucson main campus
Paul Ferre
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Pierre Haenecour
Planetary Sciences
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
Tally Milnes
Pharmacology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Brian Mckay
Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Francesca Vitali
Neurology
Yes
Not given
Good Programming skills in either Python, R or Matlab. Background in machine learning and statistics preferred.
Tucson main campus
Rozhin Yasaei
College of Applied Science and Technology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Justin Wilson
Immunobiology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Pan Yan
Mathematics
Yes
For Credit
Linear Algebra and Abstract Algebra
Tucson main campus
Bruce Bayly
Mathematics
Yes
For Credit
Differential equations, linear algebra
Tucson main campus
Vitaliy Yurkiv
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Yes
Paid
basic thermodynamic knowledge
Tucson main campus
Qurat Ul An Sabir
Mathematics
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson off-campus
Kate Bunton
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Yes
For Credit
Interest in speech acoustics, speech production, and speech perception.
Tucson main campus
Stephen Cowen
Psychology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kaitlin Kratter
Astronomy
Yes
For Credit
Physics 305 or equivalent
Tucson main campus
John Buchan
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None - seeking highly motivated student with genuine interest in work done in the lab.
Tucson main campus