On Campus Opportunities
Below is a list of possible research opportunities for full-time undergraduates at Boston University. If you are interested in one of these opportunities, you should contact the listed faculty mentor directly; we do not have information about the availability of these positions at UROP. Note also that these listings are only opportunities that professors have asked the UROP staff to post. Therefore, if you do not see anything in your area of interest, we encourage you to contact other professors directly to ask if they have any opportunities available. Often you may find out information about other research opportunities by looking at departmental web pages of faculty or by contacting a given departmental office and asking about research opportunities. To find out more about UROP, go to our home page at www.bu.edu/urop, or you can get there by clicking on “Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program” at the top of this page.
| Field | Faculty Mentor | Project | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art History/Archaeology | Jodi Cranston | view | 11/08/11 |
| ASL/Deaf Studies | Robert Hoffmeister | view | 02/13/12 |
| Astronomy | Paul Withers | view | 11/28/11 |
| Astronomy | Paul Withers | view | 11/28/11 |
| Biochemistry | Barbara Smith | view | 02/11/11 |
| Biology | Gloria Callard | view | 02/06/12 |
| Biology/Stem Cells | Neil Rodrigues | view | 08/31/11 |
| Biochemistry/Cell Biology | Maria Panchenko | view | 02/21/12 |
| Biochemsitry/Molecular Biology | Mikel Garcia-Marcos | view | 02/16/12 |
| Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | Valentina Perissi | view | 11/17/11 |
| Biomedical Engineering | Daniel Ehrlich | view | 02/10/11 |
| Biophysics | Olga Gursky | view | 02/10/11 |
| Biophysics/Molecular Modeling | William Lehman | view | 02/21/12 |
| Business/Intellectual Property Law | Megan MacGarvie | view | 02/27/12 |
| Chemistry | Xin Chen | view | 08/10/11 |
| Chemistry/Bioinformatics | Yu Xia | view | 02/02/12 |
| Chemistry/Material Science | Malay Mazumder | view | 02/08/12 |
| Chemistry/Physics | Xin Chen | view | 08/15/11 |
| Chemistry/Theoretical | Binyomin Abrams | view | 02/12/11 |
| Classical Studies | Herbert Golder | view | 02/16/12 |
| Communication/New Media | Jack Dziamba | view | 02/21/12 |
| Communication Research/Media Effects | James Shanahan | view | 09/07/11 |
| Communication, Video/Programming | Amit Garg | view | 02/01/12 |
| Comparative Literature (Arabic/Russian) | Margaret Litvin | view | 02/10/11 |
| Computational Biophysics | Alex Kentsis | view | 04/11/12 |
| Computer Science | Azer Bestavros | view | 02/22/11 |
| Computer Engineering/Pervasive Computing/Energy | Thomas Little | view | 11/10/11 |
| Computer Science | Lorena Barba | view | 2/2/12 |
| Computer Science | Stan Sclaroff | view | 04/25/11 |
| Computer Science/Computing Systems and Networks | Azer Bestavros | view | 02/22/11 |
| Computer Science/Economics and Management | Marshall Van Alstyne | view | 08/17/11 |
| Computer Science | Hongwei Xi | view | 02/09/12 |
| Computer Science | John Byers | view | 02/27/12 |
| Computer Science/Engineering/Pre-Med | Cara Lewis | view | 05/09/12 |
| Dermatology | Deon Wolpowitz | view | 09/08/11 |
| Dermatology Education | Amit Garg | view | 02/12/12 |
| Documentary | Garland Waller | view | 02/12/12 |
| Earth Sciences | Wally Fulweiler | view | 04/02/11 |
| Earth Sciences | Colleen Dalton | view | 03/04/110 |
| Earth Sciences | Paul Hall | view | 02/14/12 |
| Earth Sciences/Hydrology/Environmental Fluid Mechanics | Nima Shokri | view | 09/02/11 |
| Ecology | Pamela Templer | view | 02/21/12 |
| Economics | Keith Ericson | view | 02/21/12 |
| Economics | Robert King | view | 01/09/12 |
| Economics/Finance/Accounting | Carola Frydman | view | 02/29/12 |
| Economics/Business | Jeff Furman | view | 02/16/11 |
| Economics, Information/ Computer Science |
Marshall Van Alstyne | view | 08/04/11 |
| Economics/Sociology | Alya Guseva | view | 10/31/11 |
| Education | Julie Dwyer | view | 01/18/11 |
| Education | Julie Dwyer | view | 07/25/11 |
| Education | V. Scott Solberg | view | 11/17/11 |
| Education | Scott Seider | view | 05/08/12 |
| Education/Mathematics | Suzanne Chapin | view | 08/31/11 |
| Education/Sociology | Zachary Rossetti | view | 11/22/11 |
| Education/Reading | Jeanne Paratore | view | 03/05/12 |
| Education/Sociology/Allied Health | Zachary Rossetti | view | 04/03/12 |
| Education/Psychology/Sociology/Allied Health | Zachary Rossetti | view | 04/03/12 |
| Endocrinology | Carlo Serra | view | 03/05/12 |
| Endocrinology/Thyroid Disease | Stephanie Lee | view | 02/12/11 |
| Engineering | Thomas Little | view | 11/18/11 |
| Engineering/Biomedical/Material Science | Malay Mazumder | view | 12/09/11 |
| Engineering/Energy | Malay Mazumder | view | 03/01/11 |
| Engineering/Material | Malay Mazumder | view | 03/01/11 |
| Engineering/Electrical/Mechanical | Malay Mazumder | view | 12/08/11 |
| Engineering/Electrical/Materials/Mechanical | Malay Mazumder | view | 12/08/11 |
| Engineering/Math/Physics | Robert Kotiuga | view | 09/27/11 |
| Engineering Acoustics | Michael Howe | view | 02/12/11 |
| Environmental Economics/Geography | Ian Sue Wing | view | 09/01/11 |
| Environmental Health | Wendy Heiger-Bernays | view | 03/28/11 |
| Environmental Law and Policy | Richard Reibstein | view | 02/27/12 |
| Epidemiology | Jared Magnani | view | 02/16/12 |
| Film Studies | Herbert Golder | view | 01/13/11 |
| Film Studies | Herbert Golder | view | 08/14/11 |
| Fine Arts/Photography | Jack Dziamba | view | 08/26/11 |
| Fine Arts | Lynne Allen | view | 11/18/11 |
| French Literature /Philosophy | Amelie Rorty | view | 09/27/11 |
| Genetics/Hematology | David Chui | view | 09/06/11 |
| Geography | Mark Friedl | view | 11/30/11 |
| Geology/Geochemistry | Matt Jackson | view | 01/13/11 |
| Health Care/Policy & Management | Stephen Davidson | view | 11/19/11 |
| Health/Human Rights | Michael Grodin | view | 11/08/11 |
| Health Law/Bioethics/Human Rights | George Annas | view | 11/08/11 |
| Health Services Research | Amresh Hanchate | view | 11/22/11 |
| History | James Schmidt | view | 11/17/11 |
| History | Adnan Onart | view | 11/09/11 |
| History | Louis Ferleger | view | 08/10/11 |
| History | Simon Rabinovitch | view | 08/26/11 |
| History of International Relations | William Keylor | view | 08/10/11 |
| Hospitality/Data Analysis | Barry Bloom | view | 09/06/11 |
| Immunology | Xuemei Zhong | view | 02/16/12 |
| Immunology/Cell Biology | Richard Junghans | view | 11/17/11 |
| Infectious Diseases | Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa | view | 2/22/12 |
| Infectious Diseases | Paola Massari | view | 11/28/11 |
| Infectious Diseases/Vaccine Development | Richard Goldstein | view | 02/12/11 |
| Journalism | Anne Donohue | view | 02/16/12 |
| Journalism | Brett Rhyne | view | 10/15/11 |
| Journalism/American History | Richard Lehr | view | 02/12/11 |
| Journalism/History | Lou Ureneck | view | 09/12/11 |
| Latin American/Film Studies |
Adela Pineda | view | 02/08/11 |
| Linguistics/ ASL | Carol Neidle | view | 08/01/11 |
| Literacy Education | Jeanne Paratore | view | 02/26/11 |
| Maternal Fetal Medicine/Pediatrics/Molecular Biology | Alice Wang | view | 03/02/11 |
| Mathematics/Physics | Alexander Levichev | view | 12/20/10 |
| Mathematics | Emma Previato | view | 01/26/11 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Troy Niekamp | view | 05/23/12 |
| Medicine/Cancer Research | Yan Dai | view | 02/10/11 |
| Medicine/Cancer/Cardiovascular Signaling and Epigentics | Sibaji Sarkar | view | 11/08/11 |
| Medicine/Cardiovascular Disease Prevention | Julien Dedier | view | 02/18/11 |
| Medicine/Chemistry | Margaret Bauman | view | 06/30/11 |
| Medicine/Dermatology | Amit Garg | view | 09/15/11 |
| Medicine/Exceptional Longevity | Thomas Perls | view | 02/12/11 |
| Medicine/Immunology/Endocrinology | Gerald Denis | view | 11/16/11 |
| Medicine/Immunology/Ophthalmology | Andrew Taylor | view | 09/09/11 |
| Medicine/Adolescent and Pediatric | Margaret LaVoye | view | 12/7/11 |
| Medicine/Adolescent and Pediatric | Natalie Joseph | view | 01/26/11 |
| Medicine/Metabolism and Diabetes | Mengwei Zang | view | 02/21/12 |
| Medicine/Microbiology | Rahm Gummuluru | view | 02/09/12 |
| Medicine/Molecular Biology | Yan Dai | view | 02/09/12 |
| Medicine/Molecular Cell Biology | Christian Weber | view | 01/26/11 |
| Medicine/Molecular Endocrinology | Joshua Safer | view | 02/02/12 |
| Medicine/Muscle Physiology/Biochemistry | Asish Saha | view | 02/21/12 |
| Medicine/Neuroscience | Ignacio Lopez-Coviella | view | 02/01/12 |
| Medicine/Obstetrics & Gynecology, Women’s Health, HIV | Jennifer Ballard Dwan | view | 08/31/11 |
| Medicine/Obstetrics & Gynecology | Wendy Kuohung | view | 02/21/12 |
| Medicine/Occupational Therapy | Simone Gill | view | 08/02/11 |
| Medicine/Occupational Therapy | Simone Gill | view | 08/04/11 |
| Medicine/Ophthalmology | Sayon Roy | view | 02/16/12 |
| Medicine/Ophthalmology | Haiyan Gong | view | 01/26/11 |
| Medicine/Parasitology/ mmunology | Christian Weber | view | 02/02/12 |
| Medicine/Pediatrics | Arjun Guha | view | 02/16/12 |
| Medicine/Pediatrics | Anne Merewood | view | 02/04/12 |
| Medicine/Pediatrics | Arvin Garg | view | 11/17/11 |
| Medicine/Pharmacology | David Farb | view | 02/21/12 |
| Medicine/Pharmacology | Hui Feng | view | 11/17/11 |
| Medicine/Speech | Emma Billard | view | 05/08/12 |
| Medicine/Surgery | Jennifer Rosen | view | 11/17/11 |
| Medicine/Surgery | Jennifer Rosen | view | 11/17/11 |
| Medicine/Surgery | Jennifer Rosen | view | 11/17/11 |
| Medicine/Translational Cancer Research | Remco Spanjaard | view | 02/10/11 |
| Microbiology | Lynn Lingyi Deng | view | 11/28/11 |
| Microbiology/Virology | John Connor | view | 02/16/12 |
| Molecular Biology/Biochemistry | Rama Bansil | view | 09/16/11 |
| Molecular Biology/Biophysics | Assen Marintchev | view | 02/14/11 |
| Molecular Biophysics | Kenneth Rothschild | view | 02/02/12 |
| Molecular/Cell Biology | Isabel Dominguez | view | 11/20/11 |
| Music Education Technology | Jay Dorfman | view | 02/14/11 |
| Neurobiology | Kim McCall | view | 02/14/12 |
| Neurobiology | William Eldred | view | 11/17/11 |
| Neuromorphic Computing | Massimiliano Versace | view | 02/16/12 |
| Neuroscience/Biophysics | Christopher Gabel | view | 02/04/12 |
| Neuroscience/Pharmacology | Valentina Sabino | view | 11/01/11 |
| Neuroscience | Jean-Jacques Soghomonian | view | 11/28/11 |
| Neuroscience | Jason Ritt | view | 02/16/12 |
| Neuroscience | Irina Zhdanova | view | 02/02/12 |
| Neuroscience/Behavioral | Vidhya Kumaresan | view | 12/07/10 |
| Neuroscience/Biomedical Engineering/Bioinformatics/Computer Science/Medicine | Irina Zhdanova | view | 01/09/12 |
| Neuroscience/Pharmacology | Pietro Cottone | view | 11/16/11 |
| Nutrition | Anne Merewood | view | 08/08/11 |
| Nutrition | Anne Merewood | view | 08/08/11 |
| Occupational Therapy/Disability Studies | Jessica Kramer | view | 04/20/11 |
| Pathology | Tiffany Mellott | view | 02/11/11 |
| Pediatrics | Michael Silverstein | view | 02/12/12 |
| Pediatrics/Clinical Informatics | Daniel Imler | view | 11/17/11 |
| Philosophy | Amelie Rorty | view | 02/16/12 |
| Photography/Fine Art | Jake Dziamba | view | 02/02/11 |
| Physics | George Zimmerman | view | 11/09/11 |
| Physics/Biomedical Engineering/Bioinformatics | Pankaj Mehta | view | 02/27/12 |
| Political Science | Timothy Longman | view | 02/10/11 |
| Primary Care | Lynne Cannavo | view | 03/20/12 |
| Programming Languages and Applications | Hongwei Xi | view | 09/12/11 |
| Psychology and Early Education | Gerald Stechler | view | 08/31/11 |
| Psychology/Neuroscience | Arash Yazdanbakhsh | view | 02/16/12 |
| Psychology | Adela Alonso | view | 02/22/12 |
| Psychology | Stacey Doan | view | 02/14/11 |
| Psychology | Rhoda Au | view | 02/21/12 |
| Psychology/Autism | Catherine Caldwell-Harris | view | 02/09/12 |
| Psychology | Howard Eichenbaum | view | 02/02/12 |
| Psychology | Kathleen Malley-Morrison | view | 02/04/12 |
| Psychology/Behavioral Medicine | David Mostofsky | view | 02/17/12 |
| Psychology/Education | Melissa Holt | view | 09/12/11 |
| Psychology/Education | Devin Kearns | view | 09/06/11 |
| Psychology/Education | Jennifer Green | view | 03/05/12 |
| Psychology/Linguistics | Catherine Caldwell-Harris | view | 02/02/12 |
| Psychology/Neuroscience | Michael Hasselmo | view | 08/18/11 |
| Public Health | Lee Strunin | view | 03/03/11 |
| Public Health | Elizabeth Sommers | view | 02/27/12 |
| Radiology/Biomarkers | Stephan Anderson | view | 08/16/11 |
| Retinal Neurobiology | William Eldred | view | 02/11/11 |
| Religious/Cultural Studies | Adnan Onart | view | 11/09/11 |
| Religion | Michael Zank | view | 02/10/11 |
| Social Cognition/War and Peace | Kathleen Malley-Morrison | view | 02/12/10 |
| Social Science/Documentary | James Pasto | view | 02/22/11 |
| Social Science/Finance | Yanbo Wang | view | 09/01/10 |
| Social Science/Organizational Behavior | Colin Fisher | view | 09/15/11 |
| Social Science Research | James Pasto | view | 02/22/11 |
| Social Welfare | Kate Cooney | view | 02/01/12 |
| Social Welfare Policy | Marah Curtis | view | 02/02/12 |
| Social Work/Psychology/Public Health | Sunny Shin | view | 02/15/12 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Ruth Paris | view | 03/06/12 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Nikki Wooten | view | 08/10/11 |
| Social Work | Ruth Paris | view | 02/21/12 |
| Social Work | Hyeouk Chris Hahm | view | 02/21/12 |
| Social Work | Lena Lundgren | view | 02/17/12 |
| Social Work | Christiana Bratiotis | view | 02/12/12 |
| Social Work | Renee Spencer | view | 05/10/11 |
| Social Work | Renee Spencer | view | 05/10/11 |
| Social Work | Kate Cooney | view | 05/13/11 |
| Social Work/Public Health | Hyeouk Chris Hahm | view | 02/12/12 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Ruth Paris | view | 11/10/11 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Renee Spencer | view | 04/27/11 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Renee Spencer | view | 04/27/11 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Ruth Paris | view | 02/10/11 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Ruth Paris & Ellen DeVoe | view | 02/03/12 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Renee Spencer | view | 02/08/12 |
| Social Work/Psychology | Nikki Wooten | view | 02/16/12 |
| Speech Language Pathology | Susan Langmore | view | 03/10/11 |
| Stem Cell Therapy | Ashleigh Boyd | view | 08/31/11 |
| Strategy and Innovation | Yanbo Wang | view | 11/10/11 |
| Synthetic Biology CAD/Software Engineering/ Java Programming | Douglas Densmore | view | 02/21/12 |
| Sustainable Tourism Development | Robert Billington | view | 08/31/11 |
| Writing for the Sciences | Sally Sommers Smith | view | 09/07/11 |