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.
Note: To select more than one Research Location, please hold down your control key while clicking a selection.
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.
Note: To select more than one Research Location, please hold down your control key while clicking a selection.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Song |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Basic ability to conduct literature reviews, gather relevant research materials and synthesize information Basic ability to use statistical analysis tools, such as Excel, R, MATLAB, or Python Preferred: Computer programming (e.g., Python/Fortran) or AI/ML model experience Preferred: Spatial data analysis and mapping experiences, such as GIS applications, NETCDF data analysis and visualization
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Pan Yan |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
Linear Algebra and Abstract Algebra
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Majid Beidaghi |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Programming skills in Python. A background/interest in machine learning is preferred.
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Peiwen Li |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Junior to Senior
|
Tucson main campus
|
08/2025
|
| Cherie Devore |
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
|
Yes |
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Ravishankar Palanivelu |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Joseph Hoover |
Environmental Science
|
Yes |
Paid
|
Interest in developing skills in environmental justice; trans-disciplinary and team science projects; community engagement; GIS and spatial analysis; water quality and water resources
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Qin Chen |
Pharmacy Practice and Science
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Curtis Thorne |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Erdogan Madenci |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Patrick Shipman |
Mathematics
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Carlos Zgheib |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Other
|
|
| Toshinobu Kazui |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
Ideally experience in research, motivated to learn
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Tania Leal |
Spanish and Portuguese
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
05/2025
|
| 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
|
|
| Rebecca Schomer |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
|
UBRP
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Brett Colson |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
|
Yes |
Paid
For Credit
|
None required
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Diaa Elshikha |
Biosystems Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
|
None
|
Other
|
08/2025
|
| Jeffrey Jacobs |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Fiona McCarthy |
Animal and Biomedical Sciences
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
Molecular biology is preferred but not required.
|
Online
|
|
| Monica Schmidt |
The School of Plant Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Nathan Smith |
Astronomy
|
Yes |
Volunteer
For Credit
|
ASTR250
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Jennifer Mcintosh |
Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
At least an introductory inorganic chemistry course
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Kenneth Liechty |
Surgery
|
Yes |
Paid
Volunteer
For Credit
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|
|
| Katherine Rhodes |
Immunobiology
|
Yes |
Volunteer
|
None
|
Tucson main campus
|