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 ascending Research Location End Date
Adam Printz
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Organization skills, dependability, and willingness to "fail" upwards; we can teach everything else.
Tucson main campus
Leif Abrell
Environmental Science
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Organic chemistry
Tucson main campus
Victor Octavio Tenorio Gutierrez
Mining and Geological Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
OpenContour Cost Estimation Moon Trek QGIS Blender/Unity
Tucson main campus
Magdalene So
Immunobiology
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
One year of science courses with science GPA of at least 3.0
Tucson main campus
Tomas Cerny
Systems and Industrial Engineering
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Object-oriented design Ideally, knowledge of databases, javascript, code analysis, spring, cloud native
Tucson main campus
Tian-Chyi Yeh
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Yes
For Credit
numeric, fluid mechanics, hwr516, hwr535, hwr 645
Tucson main campus
Melville Wohlgemuth
Neuroscience
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
Not necessary.
Tucson main campus
Anna Dornhaus
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None; requisite is to commit 10 hours/week (=3 credits if taking credit). Only paid if FWS eligible or student has experience working in my lab. Concurrently required to enroll in ECOL195C (1 credit) taught by me.
Tucson main campus
Kenneth McAllister
Humanities Administration
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None.
Tucson main campus
Alexander Bucksch
The School of Plant Sciences
Yes
Paid
For Credit
none, I do offer some very practical tasks that do not require much technical knowledge However, analytical knowledge in statistics and the use of python/R scripts to perform data analysis will give you a jump start into the research here.
Tucson main campus
Brenda Frye
Astronomy
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None, but computer programming skills are a bonus.
Tucson main campus
Brett Colson
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Yes
Paid
For Credit
None required
Tucson main campus
Julie Feldman
Psychology
Yes
Volunteer
None needed
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
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
Robert Downs
Geosciences
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Koen Visscher
Physics
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Kirsten Limesand
Graduate College Administration
Yes
Volunteer
None
Tucson main campus
Anthony Jull
Geosciences
Yes
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jia Hu
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Daniel Apai
Steward Observatory
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Jeong-Yeol Yoon
Biomedical Engineering
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Beth Willman
Steward Observatory
Yes
Paid
None
Tucson main campus
Craig Aspinwall
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yes
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus
Michael Riehle
Entomology
Yes
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
None
Tucson main campus