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Marina Vance is an Associate Professor and the McLagan Family Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder, with a curtesy appointment in the Environmental Engineering Program. Her research group focuses on experimental investigations into the physical and chemical characteristics of aerosols, from emissions to subsequent transformations, in both indoor and outdoor environments. She is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, an EPA STAR Early Career Award, and a Fulbright Scholar Award for Research. She was one of the principal investigators in the HOMEChem and CASA Indoor Chemistry field studies which investigated how everyday activities such as cooking, cleaning, human occupancy, and the use of personal care products affect indoor air quality and the chemistry of indoor environments. Vance received her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech and her MS and BS degrees in Environmental Engineering from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil.

Research Interests

• Indoor air pollution
• Aerosol emissions and transformations
• Wildfire impacts on indoor air

Education

• PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
• MS in Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• BS in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Courses Taught

• MCEN 3047 Data Analysis and Experimental Methods
• MCEN 5161 Aerosols
• MCEN 4141 / 5141 Indoor Air Pollution

Select Honors and Awards

• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award (Indonesia, 2023 – 2024)
• Governor’s Award for High-Impact Research (2022)
• Healthy Community Award, Boulder County Public Health (2022)
• Outstanding Research Award, Mechanical Engineering Department (2022)
• NSF CAREER Award (2021)
• EPA STAR Early Career Award (2021)

Select Publications

• Schwink, S., Mael, L., Dunnington, T., Schmid, M., Silberstein, J., Heck, A., Gotlib, N., Hannigan, M., & Vance, M. E. (2024). Impacts of aging and relative humidity on the physical properties of biomass burning smoke particles. ACS ES&T Air.
• Farmer, D. K., Vance, M. E. (2024), Poppendieck, D., Abbatt, J., Alves, M. R., Dannemiller, K. C., Deeleepojananan, C., Ditto, J., Dougherty, B., Farinas, O. R., Goldstein, A. H., Grassian, V. H., Huynh, H., Kim, D., King, J. C., Kroll, J., Li, J., Link, M. F., Mael, L., Mayer, K., Martin, A. B., Morrison, G., O'Brien, R., Pandit, S., Turpin, B. J., Webb, M., Yu, J., & Zimmerman, S. M. The chemical assessment of surfaces and air (CASA) study: Using chemical and physical perturbations in a test house to investigate indoor processes. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.
• Sankhyan, S., Witteman, J. K., Coyan, S., Patel, S., & Vance, M. E. (2022). Assessment of PM2.5 concentrations, transport, and mitigation in indoor environments using low-cost air quality monitors and a portable air cleaner. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2, 647–658.
• Patel, S., Rim, D., Sankhyan, S., & Vance, M. E. (2021). Dynamics modeling and estimation of emission rates of sub-500 nm particles during the HOMEChem study. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 23, 1706–1717.
• Sankhyan, S., Patel, S., Katz, E. F., DeCarlo, P. F., Farmer, D. K., Nazaroff, W. W., & Vance, M. E. (2021). Indoor black and brown carbon from cooking activities and outdoor penetration: Insights from the HOMEChem study. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 23, 1476–1487.