Makenzie Long, PhD

Assistant Professor

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College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Chemistry Faculty
HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - 265

Makenzie Long, PhD

Assistant Professor

Makenzie Long joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Creighton University in Fall 2023. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Kansas State University in 2009 and her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2014. Before joining Creighton, she worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Merced (2014-2017) and as an assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas (2017-2023).

Research Focus

Dr. Long's research interests include computational modeling of metal ion effects on nanoscale materials using classical and quantum methods.

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

  • The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory
    Meraviglia Hypatia, etal Interaction of Small Nitriles Occurring in the Atmosphere of Titan with Metal Ions of Meteoric Origin 2025
  • Soft Matter
    Hao Xian, etal Quantitative measurement of cation-mediated adhesion of DNA to anionic surfaces
    20:36 2024
  • Inorganic Chemistry
    Desrochers Patrick J., etal Rational Design of Iron Spin-Crossover Complexes Using Heteroscorpionate Chelates
    61:47 2022
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Foscue Camille, etal Near-Thermal Reactions of Au+(1S,3D) and AuX+with CH3X (X = Br, I): A Combined Experimental and Computational Analysis
    125:8 2021
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Walden Kathryn, etal Hydration and Charge-Transfer Effects of Alkaline Earth Metal Ions Binding to a Carboxylate Anion, Phosphate Anion, and Guanine Nucleobase
    125:44 2021
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
    Long Makenzie Provorse, etal Molecular dynamics simulations of alkaline earth metal ions binding to DNA reveal ion size and hydration effects
    22:10 2020
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Provorse Makenzie R., etal Correction to 'Convergence of Excitation Energies in Mixed Quantum and Classical Solvent: Comparison of Continuum and Point Charge Models' (J. Phys. Chem. B (2016) 120:47 (12148-12159) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b09176)
    121:10 2017
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
    Milanese Joel M., etal Convergence of Computed Aqueous Absorption Spectra with Explicit Quantum Mechanical Solvent
    13:5 2017
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
    Ren Haisheng, etal Multistate Density Functional Theory for Effective Diabatic Electronic Coupling
    7:12 2016
  • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
    Provorse Makenzie R., etal Electron dynamics with real-time time-dependent density functional theory
    116:10 2016
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Provorse Makenzie R., etal Convergence of excitation energies in mixed quantum and classical solvent: Comparison of continuum and point charge models
    120:47 2016
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
    Provorse Makenzie R., etal Peak-Shifting in Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
    11:10 2015
  • Journal of Chemical Physics
    Habenicht Bradley F., etal Two-electron Rabi oscillations in real-time time-dependent density-functional theory
    141:18 2014
  • Accounts of Chemical Research
    Gao Jiali, etal Explicit polarization: A quantum mechanical framework for developing next generation force fields
    47:9 2014
  • Accounts of Chemical Research
    Chan Wai-Lun, etal The quantum coherent mechanism for singlet fission: Experiment and theory
    46:6 2013
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Hull Jacob M., etal Formyloxyl radical-gold nanoparticle binding: A theoretical study
    116:22 2012
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
    Cembran Alessandro, etal The third dimension of a more OFerrall-Jencks diagram for hydrogen atom transfer in the isoelectronic hydrogen exchange reactions of (PhX) 2H • with X = O, NH, and CH 2
    8:11 2012
  • Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
    Provorse Makenzie R., etal Binding of carboxylates to gold nanoparticles: A theoretical study of the adsorption of formate on Au 20
    987 2012
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Provorse Makenzie R., etal Origin of intense chiroptical effects in undecagold subnanometer particles
    132:4 2010

Grants

  • Faculty Start-up/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Computational Modeling of Alkaline Earth Metal Ion Binding to a Carboxylate-Terminated Monolayer/Sponsor: CURAS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

  • Nanoscience Summer Camp/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

  • LEAPS-MPS: Computational Modeling of Metal Ion Mediated DNA Adsorption to Functionalized Surfaces/Sponsor: National Science Foundation/NSF