Associate Professors

Long Li

Name:Long Li
Date of Birth:Feb 10, 1986
Nationality:China
Institution:College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University
Address:222 Tinashe Road, Lanzhou 730000, China
Tel:
Fax: +86-931-891-4561
Email:longl@lzu.edu.cn
Education
2012-2015: Lanzhou University Ph. D. - Engineering Mechanics Advisor: Prof. Jizeng Wang
2010-2012: Lanzhou University Masters Student of Engineering Mechanics Advisor: Prof. Jizeng Wang
2006-2010: Hunan University B.E. - Engineering Mechanics
Appointments
?Lecturer: 2015.07 - Present - School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics – Lanzhou University
?Research Assistant: 2014.02 – 2014.06 – Department of Mechanics Engineering – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Worked as a RA in the Prof. Haimin Yao Group for the project of exploration of material design principles from the teeth of black carp – a predator of shelled mollusks.
Research Areas
?Cell mechanics, cell adhesion, cellular uptake of nanoparticles
?Stochastic simulation and model of specific molecular interactions
?Model of packaging DNA into capsid
Visiting Positions
Members and Activities
Awards
?Best Poster Prize at International Symposium on Frontiers in Applied Mechanics (ISFAM2014) 2014, Singapore.
?National Scholarship for Doctoral Candidate, 2014, China.
Main Courses
Research Grants
  1. 2017-2019 Mechanics of specific adhesion between viscoelastic mediums via molecular bond clusters, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11602099), PI.
Refereed Publications

[1] Long Li, Yudie Zhang, Jizeng Wang, Effects of ligand distribution on receptor  diffusion - mediated cellular uptake of nanoparticles, Royal Society Open Science, 2017, 4: 170063.

[2] Long Li, Wenyan Zhang, Jizeng Wang, A viscoelastic-stochastic model of the effects of cytoskeleton remodelling on cell adhesion, Royal Society Open Science, 2016, 3: 160539.

[3] Baoping Zhang, Long Li, Zhiqiang Li, Yang Liu, Hong Zhang, Jizeng Wang, Carbon ion-irradiated hepatoma cells exhibit coupling interplay between apoptotic signaling and morphological and mechanical remodeling, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 35131.

[4] Long Li, Haimin Yao, and Jizeng Wang, Dynamic strength of molecular bond clusters under displacement- and force- controlled loading conditions, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2016, 83: 021004.

[5] Long Li, and Jizeng Wang, On size-dependent stability and infectivity of λ bacterial phages, Journal of Applied Physics, 2015, 117: 064702.

[6] Jizeng Wang, and Long Li, Coupled elasticity-diffusion model for the effects of cytoskeleton deformation on cellular uptake of cylindrical nanoparticles, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2015, 12(102): 20141023.

[7] Jizeng Wang, Long Li, and Youhe Zhou, Creep effect on cellular uptake of viral particles, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2014, 59(19): 2277-2281.

[8] Long Li, Jizeng Wang, and Youhe Zhou, Mechanics of DNA packaging and ejection from elastic phage capsid, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters, 2013, 3: 054003.

[9] Jizeng Wang, Long Li, and Huajian Gao, Compressed wormlike chain moving out of confined space: A model of DNA ejection from bacteriophage, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2012, 28(4): 1219-1226.

[10] Long Li, Xiaojing Liu, Youhe Zhou, and Jizeng Wang, On resistance to virus entry into host cells, Biophysical Journal, 2012, 102: 2230-2233.