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 Departmentsort ascending Offering Research Opportunities? Types of Opportunities Prereqs Research Location End Date
Gregory Rogers
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
none
Tucson main campus
Brett Colson
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None required
Tucson main campus
Curtis Thorne
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Natalia Ignatenko
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Julie Ledford
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Classes in Biology or chemistry needed; willing to be a team member that gets along well with others; students that are motivated to succeed
Tucson main campus
Salma Patel
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Other
Chian Kwoh
Medicine
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Janet Funk
Medicine
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Christina Laukaitis
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Genetics
Frank Brosius III
Medicine
Yes
Not given
These opportunities are exclusively through our NIH funded R25 grant for which I serve as one of 4 PIs. There are annual requests for applications to the undergraduate research program.
Other
Clara Curiel
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Team player and interest in a career in health sciences
Online
Dawn Coletta
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Paul Langlais
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
N/A
Tucson main campus
Bekir Tanriover
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
Machine learning
Tucson main campus
Fariba Donovan
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Amit Algotar
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson off-campus
Edward Gelmann
Medicine
Yes
Paid
chemistry biochemistry
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
Franz Rischard
Medicine
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Marvin Slepian
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jennifer Stern
Medicine
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
none
Other
Allan Hamilton
Neurosurgery
Yes
Paid
coding skills
Tucson main campus
Lucinda Rankin
Physiology
Yes
For Credit
member of honors college, 2nd semester junior or senior status.
Tucson main campus
Shaowen Bao
Physiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Lila Wollman
Physiology
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus