Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Below are undergraduate research opportunities with SESE faculty, staff, post-doctorates, and graduate students. Use the filtering options to find the best fit for you, after selecting your filters, click "APPLY" to view the filtered table. Be sure to check out other SESE undergraduate research pathways here, as well!
For advice on contacting mentors once you've identified a possible opportunity, contact your mentor with the method listed. For email, write your potential mentors a formal email to introduce yourself, and inquire about their interest in taking an undergraduate student (you!) onto their research team. Here is an example email template. There are also more tips for contacting a possible research mentor on the main undergraduate research page.
For any issues or suggestions with this site please email Duane DeVecchio: ddevecch@ASU.EDU.
| Subject | Mentor | Contact | Project Description | Position Type | Location | Duration | Experience Required | Experience Type | Thesis Option |
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| biogeosciences, ecosystem science, global change biology | Heather Throop and DERT colleagues | heather.throop@asu.edu | Project focusing on geochemical changes of hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Undergrad would work with a graduate student on a few selected hot spring regions exploring multiple geochemical datasets to examine how the hot springs have changed through time.
The Drylands Ecosystem Research Team explores questions related to biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem processes in arid and semi-arid (dryland) ecosystems. We are especially interested in exploring how dryland ecosystems are affected by human activities such as climate change and land management. |
Unpaid | In-person | Research | Yes | ||
| Cosmology | Rogier Windhorst Seth Cohen or RolfJansen | Rogier.Windhorst@asu.edu, Seth.Cohen@asu.edu, or Rolf.Jansen@asu.edu | Possible research topics for undergraduate, 2nd year, Masters, and/or PhD Students are solicited to do research with the Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes The student will do research with Hubble and the new Webb data to study current http://www.asu.edu/clas/hst/www/jwst/jwsttalks/ (Files: *23*.pdf) https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/ https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-27 https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-050 https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-119 https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-146 https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2024/10/01/ |
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| Erin Alexander (Everett Shock Group) | mailto:eralexa1@asu.edu | Project focusing on geochemical changes of hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Undergrad would work with a graduate student on a few selected hot spring regions exploring multiple geochemical datasets to examine how the hot springs have changed through time.n geochemical changes of hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Undergrad would work with a graduate student on a few selected hot spring regions exploring multiple geochemical datasets to examine how the hot springs have changed through |
Unpaid | In-person | Yes | Basic Python experience preferred but not required; familiarity with Excel and Google Earth; introductory chemistry knowledge | Yes | ||
| Planetary Science | S.-H. Dan Shim | SHDShim@asu.edu | High-pressure synthesis of minerals for shock wave experiments |
Paid | In-person | Multi-year | Yes | Coding Experience, Laboratory experience. Background in mineralogy, petrology, or chemistry. | Yes |
| System Administration | Nathan Cluff | nacluff@asu.edu | System administration for various NASA missions |
Paid | In-person | Multi-year | Yes | Coding Experience, Linux command line | No |