Gary L. Long
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Instruction, College of Science
Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education
E-mail: long@vt.edu
Office: 101 College of Science Admin Bldg. (0405)
Phone: 540-231-7575
Group Web Pages: http://www.chem.vt.edu/long
Mobile Chemistry Lab Outreach Project: http://www.chem.vt.edu/mcl
BS Wake Forest University, 1978
PhD North Carolina State University, 1982
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, 1982-83
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 1983-1989
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 1989-present
Fulbright Research Scholar, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 1990-91
Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, 1998-99
Honors and Awards:
Phi Beta Delta
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Sigma Xi
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, Virginia Tech, 2011
Alan F. Clifford Faculty Service Award, Dept. of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2011
Excellence in Access and Inclusion Award, Virginia Tech, 2011
President, Faculty Senate 2009-2010
Faculty Representative to the Board of Visitors, 2009-2010
Academy of Faculty Service, 2008
W. E. Wine Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005, Virginia Tech
Academy of Teaching Excellence, 2005
Alumni Award for Excellence in Team Outreach, Virginia Tech, 2004
Academy of Outreach Excellence, 2004
Cultural Diversity Award, College of Arts and Science, Virginia Tech, 1999
Certificates of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Tech, 1995-96 and 1998-99
My current research focus is science education. Current projects are the Integrated Science Curriculum and the STEP Summer Program for incoming first year science students. I am also involved in the College of Science’s development of forthcoming undergraduate degree programs in Systems Biology, Nanoscience, Neuroscience, and Computational Science.
My work in environmental analytical chemistry has been centered on the development of new methods to measure heavy metal contaminants in sediments and groundwater.
- Gary L. Long, Carol A, Bailey, Barbara B. Bunn, Carla Slebodnick, Michael R. Johnson, Shad Derozier, Susanne Dana, and Julie Grady, "Chemistry Outreach Project to High Schools using a Mobile Chemistry Laboratory and ChemKits", J. Chem. Ed. 2012, 89, 1249-1258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ed200185e
- J. Zhang, C. Shu, J. Reid, L.S. Owens, T. Cai, H.W. Gibson, G.L. Long, F.D. Corwin, Z. Chen, P.P. Fatouros, H.C. Dorn. "High Relaxivity Trimetallic Nitride (Gd3N) Metallofullerene MRI Contrast Agents with Optimized Functionality," Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2010, 21, 610-615.
- G. L. Long and S. D. Long, Math Review Toolkit for General Chemistry, Principles and Application 10th ed. (R. Petrucci, F. G Herring, J. D Madura, C. Bissonette), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 2010, 135 pp.
