Rate My Professor David Long

Long’s research program emphasizes cardiovascular mechanobiology, cell-tissue biophysics, and the development of instrumentation and devices to probe cell and tissue mechanobiology. Additional interests encompass identifying novel surrogate markers of diseases, gene regulation, epigenetics, cell and tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. He leads the Mechanobiology and Biomedicine Lab, pursuing goals to uncover fundamental mechanobiological mechanisms pertinent to human health, innovate techniques for disease treatment and prevention, and advance virtual models of cells. Long collaborates with researchers in Germany, Denmark, and the United States. In teaching, he covers Mechanobiology of Cells and Tissues, Introduction to Biofluids, and Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering. He earned the 2023 University Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2020 John A. See Innovation Award for collaborative work on superhydophilic nanofiber desiccants for enhanced food and drug packaging. Notable publications include 'Human dermal microvascular endothelial cell morphological responses to fluid shear stress' (Microvascular Research, 2022) and 'Discrete Protein Metric (DPM): A new image similarity metric for protein quantitation' (2022), alongside earlier contributions such as 'Serum levels of endothelial glycocalyx constituents in women with gestational diabetes' (BMJ Open, 2016).