Elena Long | |
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| Born | Elena Amanda Long |
| Alma mater | Juniata College Kent State University (PhD) |
| Awards | Nature's 10: Ten people who mattered (2016)[1] oSTEM Global STEM Service Award (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of New Hampshire Thomas Nelson Community College Kent State University |
| Thesis | Polarized 3He(e, e′n) Asymmetries in Three Orthogonal Measurements (2012) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bryon Anderson Douglas Higinbotham[citation needed] |
| Website | nuclear |
Elena Amanda Long is assistant professor of physics at the University of New Hampshire and is an activist for LGBT people in science. The journal Nature called her a "diversity trailblazer" in their Nature's 10: Ten people who mattered this year in 2016.[1] Long's research on the internal structure of nucleons earned her a 2015 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Promising Young Scientist award.[2] Long has made significant contributions to improve the inclusion of under-represented researchers and students by founding the LGBT+ Physics organisation[3] and serving as a member of the American Physical Society (APS) Committee of LGBT Issues.[2][4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Elena Long to join the UNH Physics Department faculty". Department of Physics. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ "lgbt+physicists – About". lgbtphysicists.org. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ Elena Long's ORCID 0000-0001-9272-7183