Rate My Professor David Long

Dr. David Long is an Assistant Professor in Solar Physics in the School of Physical Sciences at Dublin City University, within the Faculty of Science and Health. He received his PhD from Trinity College Dublin, before moving to University College London as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. At UCL, he held the Early-Career Leverhulme Fellowship, the STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, and was appointed Lecturer in Solar Physics in 2019. From 2020 to 2022, he served as the UK Principal Investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) onboard the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. In 2023, he took up an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship at Queen's University Belfast, prior to joining Dublin City University in 2024. He is also a member of the DCU Centre for Astrophysics and Relativity (CfAR) and a former Research Ireland awardee.

Dr. Long's research as an observational solar physicist focuses primarily on the initiation and early evolution of solar eruptive events, including coronal mass ejections (CMEs). He investigates the interactions of forces and features in their early stages using observations in extreme ultraviolet from space-based observatories such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory and Solar Orbiter, as well as in optical, X-ray, and radio wavelengths. Additionally, he studies the evolution of elemental abundances in the solar atmosphere using extreme ultraviolet spectral diagnostics from spacecraft like Hinode to diagnose magnetic structures and evolution. His work positions the Sun as a local plasma laboratory for phenomena relevant across the Universe, contributing to advancements in solar physics and space weather understanding.