Current Leadership
Applications are now closed for the next Vertically Integrated Projects Faculty Director, and application review is underway.
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The Faculty Director is charged with centering VIP’s mission to expand access to undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity to a broad range of students at the University of Arizona.
Required Qualifications
- A current faculty member on any track at the University of Arizona.
- Experience leading, co-leading, or meaningfully contributing to a VIP team or comparable long-term, team-based undergraduate research initiative.
Applications, interviews and selection will take place in Spring 2026 with the new Faculty Director beginning their role in July 2026.
Kathryn (Kay) Orzech, PhD
Program Coordinator, Vertically Integrated Projects
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Previous Leadership
Martha Bhattacharya, PhD
VIP Faculty Director, 2022-2024
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
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David Margolis, MD, PhD
VIP Faculty Director, 2024-2025
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
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