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
Ronald Heimark
Surgery
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Basic Lab courses. We will teach techniques necessary.
Tucson main campus
01/2024
Dawn Coletta
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Nafees Ahmad
Immunobiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Paul Langlais
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
N/A
Tucson main campus
Brian Mckay
Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Hendrikus Granzier
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
I currently have 3 undergraduate students.
Tucson main campus
Darren Cusanovich
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Clara Curiel
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Team player and interest in a career in health sciences
Online
Christian Twiss
Urology
Yes
Volunteer
CITI Human Research Training
Tucson main campus
Christopher Banek
Physiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Noshene Ranjbar
Psychiatry
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Online
Thomas Korankye
The Norton School of Human Ecology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Research Methods; Statistics
Tucson main campus
Torsten Falk
Neurology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Lawrence Deluca
Emergency Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Daniel Latt
Orthopedic Surgery
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Alfred Bothwell
Immunobiology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
prefer third or fourth year students
Tucson main campus
Lucinda Rankin
Physiology
Yes
For Credit
member of honors college.
Tucson main campus
Salma Patel
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Other
Noel Warfel
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
wet bench experience in class or other
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
Joann Sweasy
Cancer Center Division
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
Willing to train
Tucson main campus
Bekir Tanriover
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Open to Biomedical Engineering students
Tucson main campus
Carlos Caulin
Otolaryngology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Shaowen Bao
Physiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz
Basic Medical Sciences
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Phoenix