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Richard Allen Long

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Office Hours

Friday * 3 -4 p.m.

Office Hours

Spring 2024
BSC 4905 602 DIRECTED INDIV STUDY      07:00 PM-08:15 PM F
BSC 7910 603 GRAD DIRECT RESEARCH     05:30 PM-06:45 PM F
BSC 8976 301 MASTERS COMP EXAM          07:05 PM-09:35 PM M

Summer 2024
BSC 4905 606 DIRECTED INDIV STUDY       05:00 PM-06:15 PM MW

Fall 2024
BSC 7910 603 GRAD DIRECT RESEARCH        05:00 PM-06:15 PM F

About Me

I am a microbial ecologist by training, receiving my Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. My research interests lies in ocean and human health in a time of change. While I don't teach any formal lecture or laboratory courses now, I mentor both undergraduate and graduate students in research.

However, the majority of my time is spent on administrative roles. I serve as an Associate Dean for the College of Science and Technology for Research and Graduate Studies, the Director for the NAS FAMU Gulf Scholars Program, and as the Center Director for the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems led by FAMU. All of these roles allow me to engage and train the next generation of problem solvers.

Areas of Interest

  • Microbiology
  • Kayaking
  • Traveling. 

Education

 

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography • 2001
    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
    Ph.D. in Marine Biology

  • University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA • 1993
    B.S. in Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Work History

  • Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2013 - PresentFlorida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 

  • Associate Dean, College of Science and Technology 2020 - PresentFlorida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 

  • Center Director, NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II 2022 - PresentFlorida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 

  • Director, NAS FAMU Gulf Scholars Program 2023 - Present
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2007-2013
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography. 2002-2006

    Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Academic Accomplishments

Publications: 46 , h-index 22, i10-index 27, and 3695 citations (Google Scholar).

Top five publications:

  • RA Long, F Azam 2001, Antagonistic interactions among marine pelagic bacteria, Applied and environmental microbiology 67 (11), 4975-4983
  • F Azam, RA Long 2001, Sea snow microcosms, Nature 414 (6863), 495-498
  • DC Smith, GF Steward, RA Long, F Azam 1995, Bacterial mediation of carbon fluxes during a diatom bloom in a mesocosm, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 42 (1), 75-97
  • LB Fandino, L Riemann, GF Steward, RA Long, F Azam 2001, Variations in bacterial community structure during a dinoflagellate bloom analyzed by DGGE and 16S rDNA sequencing, Aquatic Microbial Ecology 23 (2), 119-130
  • RA Long, F Azam 1996, Abundant protein-containing particles in the sea, Aquatic Microbial Ecology 10 (3), 213-221
  • H Luo, R Benner, RA Long, J Hu 2009, Subcellular localization of marine bacterial alkaline phosphatases, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (50), 21219-21223


Ph.D. graduated

  • Gabriel Swenson

M.Sc. graduated

  • Erin Johnson
  • Shelly Meyers
  • Haiwei Luo
  • Kaylee Castle
  • Summer Crescent
  • Liyah Smith

Courses Taught At FAMU

  • BSC 1005 Biological Sciences
  • BSC 1005 Biological Sciences Laboratory
  • BSC 1010 General Biology
  • BSC 1010L General Biology Laboratory
  • BCS 4905 Directed Individual Studies
  • BSC 5971 Thesis
  • BSC 7910 Graduate Directed Research
  • BSC 8976 Masters Comp Exam
  • MCB 3005 Microbiology (Non-majors)
  • MCB 3020 Microbiology
  • MCB 3020L Microbiology Laboratory
  • MCB 6605 Marine Microbial Ecology

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